The 1940s were a decade of sharp contraction in wage inequality, particularly at the top of the distribution. We study this narrowing using a new dataset on the compensation of top executives. Relative to average earnings, median executive pay declined 0.34 log points from 1940 to 1949. We find that government regulation—including explicit salary restrictions and taxation—had, at best, a modest...

Ken Iverson, a technology entrepreneur, almost singlehandedly revived the moribund US steel industry. His success contains important lessons for health care. Nucor, the steel-focused factory Iverson managed, differed from the everything-for-everybody steel behemoths of yore, like Bethlehem Steel, with its specialty steel products and relatively small mini-mills, as did his egalitarian, producti...

syntax principles in arabic are the main base of this language ,yet they have always been accompanied with complexity specially in the field of education. no doubt that different factors create this situation. some of these factors are vapidity of principles ,traditional methodology , fruitless efforts and aimless education. furthermore ,naturally , syntax consists of philosophical analysis and...