Tom: Executives in this country make around 85 times what the average worker earns  This is an extraordinarily large disparity, and ttherefore public resentment over the size of executives' salaries is justified  Martha: Such resentment is not justified, since wealth is created by taking risks and making decisions, actions most people prefer to avoid  Generous rewards for those who choose not to avoid these actions are both fair and necessary  Tom: I think you misunderstood me
I' m not saying that people resent that there is a large disparity here between executives' salaries and workers' salaries, but rather they resent that it is atypically large: in other countries executives earn only 20 or 30 times what the average worker earns
whether public resentment of the size of executive salaries is justified