The Wage-Productivity Gap

[busterb]

Welcome! And your point is? Other that this whole administration is fucked up.

[xoxoxoBruce]

There was sufficient WAGE-FINANCED demand to stimulate production

I'm not convinced it will help us by increase US wages to stimulate Chinese production. That's the fly in the ointment.

Of course somes wages are increasing.

Harry Stonecipher, the former Boeing Co. chief executive who worked less than three months last year before he was ousted over an extramarital affair, received nearly $11.5 million in salary and stock awards in 2005, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stonecipher got $496,422 in salary and $11 million from incentive stock awards. The firm also contributed $694,000 to his retirement and 401(k) plans, according to the filing Monday.

Stonecipher's take-home pay topped that of all other executives at the Chicago-based aerospace giant, including W. James McNerney Jr., who replaced him as chairman and chief executive.

Boeing in July hired McNerney away from 3M Corp., where he was chief executive. Based on a prorated annual salary of $1.75 million, McNerney was paid $847,346 and awarded a bonus of almost $2.3 million. He also received $25.3 million in restricted stock to match what he would have made at 3M.

James Albaugh, head of Boeing's defense business, earned $806,923 in salary last year, up from $725,000 a year earlier, pius $693,000 in bonuses in 2005 compared with $647,000 the year before.
He also had $6.9 million in incentive stock awards in 2005, up from $2.7 million a year earlier, and $114,568 in other compensation, including personal use of company aircraft.

Alan R. Mulally, president of Boeing's thriving commercial airplane business, was paid $825,000 in salary last year, a slight increase from $819,692 in 2004, plus $736,300 in bonuses, versus $469,000 a year earlier.
Mulally also had $7.58 in incentive stock awards last year, compared with $2.7 million in 2004, plus $119,654 in other compensation for personal use of company aircraft and tax reimbursements.

James Bell, Boeing's chief financial officer who temporarily served as CEO last year, was granted a special restricted stock award of $2 million.
Bell, who is from South Los Angeles, earned $640,962 in salary and received $550,000 in bonuses.

[Kofi Annan]

Of course everyone knows that this ( and everything else ) is Bush's fault. Just ask Saddam.

[unlawflcombatnt]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I'm not convinced it will help us by increase US wages to stimulate Chinese production. That's the fly in the ointment.

Of course somes wages are increasing.

Excellent points. Wages are increasing for the top income earners, and have been for the last 20 years. Increases in the wages of high income earners does much less to increase consumer spending than wage increases of lower income earners. As people earn more, they spend a smaller fraction of their income on consumer goods. They do, however, have more money to invest. But as consumer income stagnates, there are fewer investment opportunities created, because consumer spending creates those investment opportunities. The result is that this extra "capital" goes into non-capital investment areas, such as stocks and bonds, or toward overvaluation of the housing market. Much capital is now going into foreign production facilities, as you alluded to. That creates NO jobs in this country. In effect, the money American workers pay for goods is slowly leaking out of the economy into non capital goods endeavors and foreign capital goods purchases, creating jobs overseas and further reducing labor demand (and jobs) in the U.S.

The economy needs balance between the "means of production" & "means of consumption."

[unlawflcombatnt]

Originally Posted by busterb

And your point is? Other that this whole administration is fucked up.

That pretty much sums it up.