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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by icelancer on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:37PM (#15503878)
That would not be the result of publishing salary information. It might be a drop in the bucket for equality at best. And you're speaking to someone who consistently votes and donates to democratic socialist candidates and causes.
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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by rcyeh on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:10PM (#15505207)
In particular, publishing executive salary information has been blamed for fueling an arms race in executive pay [0], and by inference, inequality.

As a thought experiment, if we were to add everyone else's information, it's not clear to me that everyone would come out as a winner.

[0]: https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/more-transparency-mo...

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