Premium
The best of De Telegraaf
The Issue: Income Differences
— A ratio of 10 : 1 between the top and the lowest incomes, as the economist Jan Tinbergen once suggested, should therefore be more than enough.
Income differences in the Netherlands are large. Take Frans van Houten, the CEO of Philips. He earns in two days as much as Aicha Alaoui, an experienced cleaning lady, in a whole year. Is that bad?