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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Why do bosses get paid so much?

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

News, Daily News

4.3913 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 149 minutes

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This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

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0:33.2

time. Could we guard against, can we call it the politics of envy?

0:37.9

I don't know.

0:38.8

I find days like this, really interesting.

0:41.0

We often ignore them.

0:42.2

Blue Chip bosses handed 16% pay rises

0:45.1

amid Bank of England calls for restraints on wages.

0:47.9

I think that part of the reason why I've decided to go in on this

0:52.0

is because it's on the front page of the financial times.

0:55.1

So I do occasionally suffer from what you might loosely describe as a slightly undergraduate approach to wealth distribution.

1:05.3

You know, sometimes seems to me pretty straightforward the prospect of making things fairer. At this point, I think it's

1:12.5

traditional to talk about Northern Europe or Scandinavia in particular, and also, of course,

1:17.6

to talk about multiples and the exponential increase in the big multiple between what a boss is

1:24.2

being paid and what everybody else in the company is being paid. Or you just take the lowest wage on a payroll, never mind the average.

1:31.8

So they generally take the average and then see what multiple you need to get to the

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