At private firms, where owners are more directly in control, top pay is less visible, but has risen at similar rates.
Tesla's share price fell 2% after the NYT article appeared on 8 February, but has risen 23.5% over the last 12 months.
Viewed broadly, we know that spending by American government (at all levels) was only 10% of national income (GDP) a century ago (as it had been for most of the 1800s), but has risen steadily since then, to nearly 40%.
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But it has risen more during this recession than most formulations of Okun's Law would suggest.
Spending on new projects and major renovations dipped in the 1970s and 1980s, but has since risen and is now higher even than in the golden era of highway-building.
But rail ridership has risen in the U.S. in recent years, as has spending in the sector.
Unemployment was less than 4% when Cyprus joined the euro, but it has now risen to 10%.
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Officers say they used to get around 10 per month but the number has risen to around 60 in recent years.
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But private spending has risen far more, by a factor of 400.
The federal minimum wage hasn't kept up with inflation, but CEO pay has risen 725% over the last 30 years and 80% of all real income growth has gone to the richest 1% of Americans.
It costs a lot more, but the success rate has risen to about 75% in some cases.
They may print cash over there, but the stock price has risen even faster.
But paying for health has risen to the top of Canada's political agenda.
The number of homes coming on to the market in Scotland has risen but has not been matched by the number of buyers, according to new figures.
Two months ago, roughly one in five Democrats thought the campaign was too negative, but the number now has risen to 50 percent, according to the Pew survey.
Unemployment has risen but, at 6.7% in the three months to July, it is still less than the British average (7.9%), largely because a bloated public sector pays the wages of more than a third of the workforce.
But more recently the dollar has risen against the Japanese yen, the euro and other currencies.
In recent years, the popularity of physics has risen, but this follows a serious decline in the 1980s and 1990s.
Most Americans are still uncomfortable about letting gays tie the knot, but support for the idea has risen from 27% in 1996 to 46% this year.
But the delinquency rate that has risen from 0.3% to 9.5% in the three years through November will likely rise further, according to Trepp and other analysts.
After falling to a low of 30% in 2001-02, the debt ratio has risen, but the Treasury thinks it will stay below the 40% limit over the next five years.
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But according to Haddin, who has risen through Australia's ranks with Clarke, the 29-year-old has the support of the whole squad.
True, unemployment has risen sharply, but this is due mainly to a surge of bankruptcies among smaller firms, rather than the start of a general restructuring.
In addition, the number of women in the workplace has risen substantially, but women still earn less than men, partly because women are still concentrated in lower-paying and traditionally female perceived occupations.
Most of its deficit reduction has come from higher revenues, but the government has tried to restrain expenditure: federal spending has risen by around 1.5% a year since 2004.
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As it happens, the residential property bubble in America has begun to lose air and the overall economy has eased some, but commodities have risen.
He has joined the "growth club" with new French President Francois Hollande but has precious little room for maneuver, as the price on Italian debt has also risen.
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