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Professor Thomas Philippon's research on compensation in the financial services industry is referenced

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "According to the economist Thomas Philippon, total compensation of financial professionals, including profits, wages, salaries, and bonuses, is around 9 percent of U.S. GDP — about $1.4 trillion dollars. That’s up from below 3 percent of GDP in 1951. As compensation in the financial sector grows, though, there’s no sign that more finance is bolstering economic activity, Philippon finds."

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