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Ah, interesting. Does it report wealth or income? What kind of effects do you think it has on society? What do people actually do with the information?
by anonymousDan 4y ago
Ah, interesting. Does it report wealth or income? What kind of effects do you think it has on society? What do people actually do with the information?
- yencabulator 4y agoNorway publishes total taxable income, tax paid, and taxable wealth. Sweden e.g. publishes salaries. This kind of thinking tends to e.g. help root out scammers, help investigative journalists looking into e.g. a politician's unstated motivations, eliminate gender pay disparity, keep the divide between rich and poor from growing massively, produce a more egalitarian society, and has created some of the least corrupt countries in the world. This talks a bit about the larger mindset behind this particular decision: https://theculturetrip.com/norway/articles/norway-country-public-tax-returns/ https://theculturetrip.com/norway/articles/norway-country-pu...