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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by anonym29 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:40AM (#50393691)
>Speaking as someone who's been a super high performer in some roles, and a terrible performer in others, I definitely want to reduce inequality. Like, it's entirely unfair that I (because I negotiate well) get better options than others.

Then give your money to people who don't negotiate as well. In practice, you don't: your revealed preference speaks louder than your stated preference does.

Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by disgruntledphd2 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:48AM (#50393833)
Wanting to live in a better society should not preclude me from doing better in this one.

And the transaction costs on such an approach would be too large, as I'm sure that you know.

M I note that you don't address the notion of context dependent high performance.