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Peter Welch: “Trying to figure out what is the 'right level of compensation' ultimately is an arbitrary decision.”

On the recordOctober 27, 2009
Trying to figure out what is the 'right level of compensation' ultimately is an arbitrary decision.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch discusses the arbitrary nature of determining executive compensation.

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