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Cracking the CEO Pay Puzzle By Laura Vanderkam 03/06/2008

Why has executive compensation exploded in recent years? New York University’s Xavier Gabaix ...

Look to Sweden? By Henry Olsen 02/26/2008

Some of Europe’s social democracies have jumped ahead of the United States on market-based reform.

Why the Crisis? By Allan H. Meltzer 02/20/2008

The roots of the subprime meltdown are found in the financial industry’s compensation system and ...