The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.

对于首席执行官薪酬增长的最佳理解是，在顶尖公司的商业机会迅速增多的情况下，首席执行官人才有限。

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People will always pay top dollar for something exclusive.

人们总愿意为奢侈品付最高价。

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If you want the best, you have to pay top dollar.

你想要最好的，就得花大钱。

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Mister Obama placed limits on pay for top executives at banks that receive new aid money from the government.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

States that want to take part in the Race to the Top cannot have rules that bar performance-based pay for teachers.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

By returning the aid, Goldman Sachs could free itself from government limits on pay for top employees.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Or will they simply compare top pay with their own earnings, and vote it down?

ECONOMIST: Keep on purring

The trend in top pay in Britain is modest beside what has happened in the United States.

ECONOMIST: Keep on purring

At private firms, where owners are more directly in control, top pay is less visible, but has risen at similar rates.

ECONOMIST: Executive pay