Goldman Sachs, the venerable Wall Street firm at the epicenter of financial globalization, paid more than $16 billion dollars in compensation to its 25,000 employees in 2006, and spun out another $9 billion for its shareholders – a total that is greater than the annual income of most African countries.
Ainsi que le formulait récemment un syndicaliste, beaucoup de salariés allemands pensent que les rachats d'entreprise sont guidés par la philosophie de ampquot; l'acheter, dépouiller et balancer ampquot;.