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Peter Welch: “There has been a premise in corporate America that the more you are paid, the more you are worth.”

On the recordOctober 27, 2009
There has been a premise in corporate America that the more you are paid, the more you are worth.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch critiques the belief that higher pay equates to higher value.

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