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Just a data point: here in Norway, tax information (including income and assets) are published in the newspapers every year, and are freely available via web se
by michael_dorfman 16y ago
Just a data point: here in Norway, tax information (including income and assets) are published in the newspapers every year, and are freely available via web search. It's trivial to find out what anybody is earning.
- auxbuss 16y agoSerious question. Do you look? And how do you think having this information changes people's behaviour?
- michael_dorfman 16y agoI don't look-- I'm an American, and I find the whole thing skeevy. Many people do look, though. I live in a small town, and the year before last I was actually the top earner in the town-- which got me a whole raft of unwanted newspaper and radio stories. Meanwhile, the names of people convicted of crimes are withheld from the press. If you rob a bank, you can live anonymously. If you earn more than your neighbors, you're going to make the newspapers.