I very genuinely can't wrap my mind around the concept that there was a time when the average CEO only out-earned the average worker by a multiple of 40. I keep hearing that it was true, and I can even look through the data, but the prevailing cultural deification of CEOs that's been prominent my whole life makes a mere 40X advantage seem totally discordant. Today's situation, in which they pull in about 300 times what the average worker does, is far more grotesque, but at least makes sense given the culture.
