9.Executive Compensation Critics have chargedthat compensation to top managers in the United States is too highand should be cut back. For example, focusing on largecorporations, Dara Khosrowshahi (now at Uber, formerly of Expedia)has been one of the best-compensated CEOs in the United States,earning about $95 million in 2016. Are such amounts excessive? Inanswering, it might be helpful to recognize that superstar athletessuch as Cristiano Ronaldo, top earners in the entertainment fieldsuch as James Cameron and Oprah Winfrey, and many others at the topof their respective fields earn at least as much, if not a greatdeal more
