OK, some thoughts...
The original incentive for giving CEO's massive wealth was that they would have interest in seeing the company succeed? What the hell is that lol? wait, so if they're ONLY making 1 - 2 mill a year they won't give a shit about company success? wow, if that's true, that's pretty sad.
So if you give a CEO more money, it means they'll do a better job at running things? Well, there are plenty of examples where that hasn't worked out very well lol...
So what are we saying with this? That companies were a failure in America pre-1990 before these astronomical salaries and bonuses started going up and up? Really?
Having this much money handed to you can just as easily mean you don't have to give a shit about anything after a few years and we've seen examples of that. Watching people fuck up bad and walk away filthy rich just seems kinda odd.
Oh darn, if I only did a little better I could have been a billionare... Now after 5 years I'm stuck with this lousy 50 million... what will I do lol....
No I don't have an answer, just not sure there was anything wrong with the way things were before. I don't buy that God only created 25 CEO's with superhuman abilities and the highest bidders get to have a super successful company.