Trillion‑Dollar CEO Pay As Power

A proposed $1 trillion Tesla compensation package for Elon Musk is framed as macro‑scale wealth that approaches the fiscal heft of the U.S. state. By Fukuyama’s math, such a payout equals roughly 3.5% of GDP and could fund major social programs, challenging the premise that one individual’s contribution warrants state‑sized rewards. — If private compensation reaches sovereign scale, it recasts antitrust, tax, and corporate‑governance debates as democratic‑risk management, not just shareholder matters.