To and From Each According to Their Abilities.
The idea of underperforming corporate executives giving back some or all of their pay, in exchange for the opportunity that exists now of receiving enormous bonuses and other payments when the corporation performs well financially (and now, actually, even if it does not), has been joined by, among others, the president of a New York investment firm quoted in Gretchen Morgenson, "Fair Game/Approve This Deal, or Else" p. 1, col. 3 "SundayBusiness" Section (New York Times Nat'l Ed., Sunday June 15, 2008.
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