If either executive salaries are out of control or exorbitant bonuses are paid, then either shareholders will be cheated or ordinary workers will be paid less. Executive salaries are out of control and the rich are getting richer. If shareholders are cheated, then future investors will stay away; also, if ordinary workers are paid less, then consumer spending will decline. If either future investors stay away or consumer spending declines, then the economy will suffer. Therefore, the economy will suffer. (S = Executive salaries are out of control. B = Exorbitant bonuses are paid. C = Shareholders are cheated. P = Ordinary workers are paid less. R = The rich are getting richer. F = Future investors stay away. D = Consumer spending declines. E = The economy will suffer.)