If one extends this to indirect risk (i.e. financial risk to everyone involved), the paradigm gets closer to the current one: those whose jobs involve significa

If one extends this to indirect risk (i.e. financial risk to everyone involved), the paradigm gets closer to the current one: those whose jobs involve significant financial risk to themselves (investors/owners) or others (executives, managers, and -- to a lesser extent -- "talent", via the risk of shareholders losing their investment and/or employees losing their jobs/livelihoods) are paid comparably to the size of the hammer they swing with respect to risk.