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{{a|devil|}}Say there are 35 reasonable people aboard a Clapham omnibus. Being key workers — nurses, police, teachers and so on — frontline and notf middle management (not a very likely contingency and Clapham these days, but let’s say) their incomes are not spectacular: fairly tightly distributed around an average of £40,000.
{{a|devil|{{image|techbro on a bus|jpg|How to cheer up British commuters, yeterday.}}}}Say there are 35 reasonable people aboard a Clapham omnibus. Being key workers — nurses, police, teachers and so on — frontline and notf middle management (not a very likely contingency and Clapham these days, but let’s say) their incomes are not spectacular: fairly tightly distributed around an average of £40,000.


Imagine you are a management consultant tasked with increasing the average pay on that bus.  
Imagine you are a management consultant tasked with increasing the average pay on that bus.  


Of source, It is simple: just ask Elon Musk to hop on board. That will raise it average to £60 million at a stroke.   
Of source, It is simple: just ask a tech titan to hop on board. That will raise it average to £60 million at a stroke.   


This might seem preposterous, but it is precisely the approach being taken to pay equality in investment banks.
This might seem preposterous, but it is precisely the approach being taken to pay equality in investment banks.

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Say there are 35 reasonable people aboard a Clapham omnibus. Being key workers — nurses, police, teachers and so on — frontline and notf middle management (not a very likely contingency and Clapham these days, but let’s say) their incomes are not spectacular: fairly tightly distributed around an average of £40,000.

Imagine you are a management consultant tasked with increasing the average pay on that bus.

Of source, It is simple: just ask a tech titan to hop on board. That will raise it average to £60 million at a stroke.

This might seem preposterous, but it is precisely the approach being taken to pay equality in investment banks.

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