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Re:CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978 by mars4rp on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:58PM (#20707805)
the bad is not possible, if a CEO make a decision with a chance of 50/50 being a good or bad decision. if it is a good decision CEO makes lots of money, if it is bad they get 0.

that is not a good thing, out of 2 monkeys throwing darts one of them will make money.

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Re:CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978 by mulmen on Thursday August 15, 2019 @02:08PM (#20707947)
Thats not how business or probability works.
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Re:CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978 by mars4rp on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:48PM (#20710031)
it is defiantly how probability works.

if you bet on an event with 50% chance of earning $1 or 0. your bet is worth $0.50

you need the bet to worth $0, and that is only possible by making CEOs financially liable, and that would never happen, nor is realistic, a CEO's decision could cost company billions.

so by this analogy the riskier the CEO's actions the outcome is greater for them.

if the bet pays off, they win big, if it doesn't the shareholders lose.

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