INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS IN CEO/WORKER PAY, 2012

U.S. 354Australia 93Canada 206France 104Germany 147Japan 67Sweden 89

Source: http://www.aflcio.org/Corporate-Watch/CEO-Pay-and-You/CEO-to-Worker-Pay-Gap-in-the-United-States/Pay-Gaps-in-the-World#_ftn1. 2012 U.S. CEO-to-worker pay ratio calculated based on AFL-CIO analysis of average CEO pay at 327 companies in the S&P 500 Index, which disclosed 2012 CEO pay data as of April 1, 2013, as provided by Salary.com. 2012 U.S. rank-and-file worker pay calculated from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Employment Statistics Survey—Table B-2: Average hours and earnings of production and non-supervisory employees on private non-farm payrolls.

THE GREAT UNCOUPLING: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WAGES, 1950-2010

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Source: http://www.epi.org/publication/ib330-productivity-vs-compensation

Source: Sheldon H. Danziger, “Fighting Poverty Revisited: What Did Researchers Know 40 Years Ago? What Do We Know Today?” Focus 25, 1 (Spring 2007): 3-11.

OFFICIAL AND PREDICTED POVERTY RATES, 1959-2004