Interesting Links for 20-04-2017

[andrewducker]

In 1983 it became impossible to measure the speed of light

(tags: speed light science )

Triclosan, banned from soaps but not toothpastes, may help superbugs in gut

(tags: antibiotics microbiome teeth )

Tim Farron: Lib Dem leader says being gay is not a sin

(tags: religion politics libdem )

Ultrasonic clothes dryer halves drying time, uses 70% less energy

(tags: clothes water sound Technology )

Labour to set a 'cap' on salaries of top executives in Government-employed companies

I'd love to see the specifics of how they intend to make this work.
(tags: pay labour politics )

I took the Political Compass test again. Not sure about where they've put the parties...

(tags: politics testing )

South Indian frog oozes molecule that inexplicably decimates flu viruses

(tags: frog disease )

Jeremy Corbyn rejects 'progressive alliance' with SNP

(tags: Labour SNP politics uk )

Stellaris keeps looking like it would be a lot of fun to play

(tags: games scifi )

Cheaper brands are often the same as expensive ones

(tags: branding marketing )

Woman Who Begged For 50p Sentenced To Six Months In Prison In A Hearing Where She Had No Lawyer

(tags: law OhForFucksSake poverty uk )

The Last Jedi: Mark Hamill 'fundamentally disagrees with virtually everything' written for his character

(tags: StarWars )

Comments

Pay caps

[andrewducker]

Agreed with all of that. I'm not saying it's impossible, just that I'd like to see a very detailed plan before having any faith that you could do it without significant unwanted repercussions or trivial workarounds.

And also I'm not at all convinced that doing so would be better than allowing high pay - and then taxing it at 50%.

Re: Pay caps

[danieldwilliam]

Well that's the obvious way of addressing the issue - higher marginal tax rates coupled with a steadily rising minimum wage which starts to replace tax credits, good investment in the sorts of public services that promote social mobility and improved incomes and the provision of decent social housing and old age pensions.

I think I'd actually be more in favour of a small reduction in corporation for companies that met certain pay ratios and which paid everyone the living wage and perhaps some other work-place democracy measures.