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by coredog64 2674 days ago
> but here we are going from 20:1 in the 70's to 300:1

It's worth mentioning that the 20:1 from the 70s only covers cash compensation. In the "good old days", execs would also get non-cash compensation: Expense accounts, company cars, executive apartments, country club memberships, etc.

Tax law changes disadvantaged those forms of compensation and are partially responsible for some of that difference.