Robert Reich busts the myth that "people are paid what they're worth."

He presents this with illustrations in a short video, which (while the invidious proxies continue to function) can be seen here. (It starts with an annoying use of singular "they", but I recommend it despite that.)

For me, the statement he criticizes shows an even deeper problem: it presumes a narrow, purely economic idea of what a person's value consists of. I've decided not to use locutions that presume a person's "worth" is measured by the economic value of per assets.