Taxes
Taxes
Taxes
Because basically nobody you know can even do their own taxes or read above an 8th grade level? Fucking nobody you ask has an answer to a best estimate of their "total economic value". Anyone who CAN give that estimate is outside the target audience of this post.
Should people be paid more? For sure yes. Do you think the target audience of this post can even accurately tell you the value of both gross income and AGI? Lol no.
Most people can tell they're creating a lot more wealth than they're getting, and that it's not going back into the company.