For love or money?
Why sky-high pay cannot boost performance plus why philanthropists give it all away.
Apple's new boss Tim Cook, the successor to Steve Jobs, has been awarded a pay package of $378 million for 2011.
Adrian Furnham, professor of psychology at University College in London, points to research which shows such sky-high pay does not boost happiness or motivation.
Plus, why some of the very wealthy decide to give much of their fortune away. Lesley Curwen talks to Sir Tom Hunter, who founded and later sold the retailer Sports Division, and Nick Jenkins, global chief executive of the international children's charity ARK, and founder of greetings card company Moonpig.com.
Our Ghana commentator Bright Simons reflects on a controversy over whether Ghana should borrow billions from China for infrastructure projects.
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