tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19051874.post5879285956809897468..comments2024-03-26T02:12:57.833-05:00Comments on Arloa Sutter's Blog: The Christmas Bonus BuzzArloa Sutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01458323313949717653noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19051874.post-61682955678909788642006-12-21T11:06:00.000-06:002006-12-21T11:06:00.000-06:00Yeah, I would definitely recommend the book. It e...Yeah, I would definitely recommend the book. It encourages us to look at the positives we've gained rather than focusing on new negatives. (the picture on the cover is of a glass half full) It grants a fresh perspective.<br /><br />And I agree, we need to continue to do even more to continue to accelerate the progress being made.Westyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349549360672400647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19051874.post-17888379775900655362006-12-21T10:07:00.000-06:002006-12-21T10:07:00.000-06:00I'll have to get that book. It is encouraging to k...I'll have to get that book. It is encouraging to know we are making progress. I guess I was thinking more in relative terms. <br /><br />I blogged a year ago that CEO pay in the U.S. is now 400+ times that of the average company employee, up from a meager 40X as recently as 1980. CEO salaries and bonuses surged 15% in a year when salaries for rank-and-file workers averaged 3.2% gains. <br /><br />When it comes to eliminating extreme global poverty we also seem to be making some progress, although I think the measure for poverty in China and India is something like an income of less than $2/day. I don't think that measure gets raised by 15% every year either.<br /><br />We have the means to ensure safe drinking water, health care, food and shelter for the poorest of the world. In my opinion, there is no way we should become complacent in thinking that our present strategies are doing enough when half of the world's population lives on less than two dollars a day.Arloa Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458323313949717653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19051874.post-69544119121472694002006-12-20T17:24:00.000-06:002006-12-20T17:24:00.000-06:00I am taking it from a book called "The Progress Pa...I am taking it from a book called "The Progress Paradox" by Gregg Easterbrook, who cites research showing that, <i>"Among native-born...African-Americans...family <b>median</b> incomes are currently rising twice as fast as family median income for the United States as a whole."</i><br /><br />He goes on to show via many more statistics that <i>"typical Americans have become steadily better-off [than their parents]."</i><br /><br />It seems that while the numbers of those in poverty have not always declined, the rate of those in poverty has.Westyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349549360672400647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19051874.post-35828888807760916702006-12-20T12:35:00.000-06:002006-12-20T12:35:00.000-06:00Interesting Ryan. Where are you getting that infor...Interesting Ryan. Where are you getting that information?Arloa Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458323313949717653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19051874.post-88178766394629601812006-12-20T10:08:00.000-06:002006-12-20T10:08:00.000-06:00As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
I...<i>As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.</i><br /><br />I would note that while the first part of this statement is true, I do not think the second is. Especially in this country, the poor are gaining. And, in fact, when first generation immigrants are factored out (who are almost entirely poor), the poor are making quite substantial gains.Westyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349549360672400647noreply@blogger.com