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High pay is moral only if society accepts it as such

The earnings of individuals are a function of the contribution they make and the game within which they compete

The late Bert Heemskerk, who was chief executive of Rabobank, had eight children and each of them had many friends.

One evening Bert took his children and their friends out bowling. Halfway through the evening one of the friends, a lad by the name of Frank, found himself at the bottom of the bowling league.

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