> CEO salaries over the last few decades why was nobody worried about inflation then?

Because it’s economically insignificant. Total CEO pay across the Russell 1000 excluding Musk is in the tens of billions. Paying a few people more isn’t inflationary. (It’s other kinds of problematic.)

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franktankbank 15 hours ago | parent [-]

What other kinds of problematic is it?

	▲	JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> What other kinds of problematic is it? There seem to be social consequenes to that sort of income inequality. There are solid arguments for enabling founders to become fabulously wealthy. The argument seems a bit more stretched for managers.