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Economy Jun 03

CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023 while inflation burdened American workers’ budgets

By Mae Anderson, Paul Harloff, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Economy May 31

A man draws a money symbol as people take part in a protest called Make Amazon Pay, at the building where CEO Jeff Bezos lives in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 27, 2020. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/REUTERS
CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take the average worker 2 lifetimes to make their annual pay

After ballooning for years, CEO pay growth is finally slowing. Still, that's unlikely to quell mounting criticism that CEO pay has become excessively high and the imbalance between company bosses and rank-and-file workers too wide.

By Alexandra Olson, Associated Press

Nation Jan 20

The data behind the women’s movement

Charts highlight some of the key issues Women’s March activists are fighting for.

By Amanda Montañez, Scientific American

Economy Apr 04

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11 union electrician Hannah Cooper, 28, works on a project site in Los Angeles, California, United States, June 21, 2016. Only 2.4 percent of U.S. electricians were women in 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. "Growing up in my society I was constantly aware or told, whether it was straight out or implied, what women canÕt do, and what a womanÕs place is, and how a woman should behave, and what a woman is capable of, whether itÕs intellectually or physically," Cooper said. "I feel like [a woman president] would chip away at that in the psyche of the next generation." Picture taken June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson SEARCH "WOMEN WORKERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - RTSJBNE
What three economists think you should know on Equal Pay Day

Making Sen$e chatted with three experts on the pay gap on Equal Pay Day. Here's what they had to say on the pay gap, where it stems from and why it persists.

By Kristen Doerer

Economy Jan 18

Column: Women in the workplace don’t need to be empowered. They need to own their power

Here's a different take: Women don't need to conform to a man's game to find success in the workplace, Sallie Krawcheck says.

By Sallie Krawcheck

Jan 09

The earnings gap between black and white men has barely shrunk in 30 years. Why?

By Making Sen$e Editor

Over the past 75 years, the racial gap in economic rank has narrowed sharply among men at the top of the earnings ladder, but changed very little among those at the middle and bottom.

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Nov 30

Column: The economy undervalues ‘women’s work,’ and that needs to change

By Mary Babic, Barbara Gault

It’s time that women get access to the full array of jobs in our economy and that they get paid what they are worth everywhere they work.

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Aug 26

Top male actors make twice as much as female colleagues

By Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako

A pay gap persists between top-earning male and female actors, according to a new measurement by Forbes.

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Aug 04

Column: A Massachusetts law is the most promising step yet toward equal pay

By Ariane Hegewisch

Earlier this week, Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts signed an equal pay law that is the most comprehensive statutory attempt yet to address gender pay inequality in the country.

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Jul 06

Will business imperatives drive gender parity?

By Vikram Mansharamani

Achieving gender equality would unleash tremendous economic gains, potentially adding $4.3 trillion to America’s GDP by 2025.

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