<p>fun facts:</p><p>mbas don't increase profit or returns, they just cut wages [1]</p><p>in fact, ceos tend to be more self serving than other people [2], and risk taking ceos correlates to childhood exposure to pollution [3]</p><p>'superfund ceos' tend to get promoted [4], even though unionised places perform better in stock market [5]</p><p>sources:</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29874/w29874.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nber.org/system/files/working_</span><span class="invisible">papers/w29874/w29874.pdf</span></a><br />[2] <a href="https://hbr.org/2016/12/mbas-are-more-self-serving-than-other-ceos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hbr.org/2016/12/mbas-are-more-</span><span class="invisible">self-serving-than-other-ceos</span></a><br />[3] <a href="https://www.iimb.ac.in/sites/default/files/inline-files/hazed-confused-prenatal-ceo-risk-taking.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iimb.ac.in/sites/default/files</span><span class="invisible">/inline-files/hazed-confused-prenatal-ceo-risk-taking.pdf</span></a><br />[4] <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5270031" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf</span><span class="invisible">m?abstract_id=5270031</span></a><br />[5] <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929119921001127" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0929119921001127</span></a></p>