In the Balance: Executive pay
Justin Rowlatt and guests tackle the issue of executive pay. Why do people get so cross about high rates of pay? Are the CEOs of successful companies paid too much? Plus should we forgive debt?
In the Balance, brought to you by the Business Daily team, tackles a thorny issue: executive pay.
When a sports star is paid a fortune to change teams or a pop star racks up record sales of their new music, the money they earn is usually talked about approvingly as a measure of success.
When the CEO of a big successful business is paid a record salary the opposite is usually true - the talk is all about excessive earnings and corporate greed. Is that fair?
Justin Rowlatt discusses the issue with the fund manager Nicola Horlick, the Chief Excutive of the accounting firm, RSM , International, Jean Stephens and Dr Catherine Cowley, a former wealth manager who became a nun and now specialises in the ethics of finance.
And should we forgive countries their debts?
Plus who's up and who's down in the world of business and politics this week.
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- Sat 14 Jan 201210:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sat 14 Jan 201219:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Mon 16 Jan 201202:32GMTBBC World Service Online
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