The fact is the gap has closed so little in the last 30 years that, at this rate, we'll catch up in a century. It's really disheartening.

She took a job that few people would have touched.

It is a misperception in the business community today that women have gone through the glass ceiling. They have not.

That's pretty darn low, and these are the very best companies.

The federal pay act doesn't have good remedies and, as long as more women aren't in the House and Senate, that's not going to change. The good news is that more companies are doing more internal compensation studies, and that should help.

Although everyone does benefit from lower-priced goods and services, people also care greatly about the chance to be productively employed and the quality of their work. Declining employment opportunities feel real and immediate; the rise in real incomes brought by lower prices does not.