Guess which country has the highest gap between CEO and average worker pay. Some of you may say the USA and you’d be right. But look at the massive difference between the pay gap in the USA and the rest of the world.
One of the great problems in the United States is shown below. It’s the giant income gap between the politically connected 1 percent and the 99 percent.
Country Ratio of Pay: CEO to Average Worker
Japan 11:1
Germany 12:1
France 15:1
Italy 20:1
Canada 20:1
South Africa 21:1
Britain 22:1
Mexico 47:1
Venezuela 50:1
United States 475:1
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