Now, to be clear, Forbes is not exactly a disinterested observer of all this.

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Is it an actual disinterested observer, offering a fair examination of the situation?

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When you add to these burdens the extremely significant factor of personal liability in an age of corporate crisis, a disinterested observer might well wonder why anyone would want the job in the first place, even at higher compensation levels.

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