The 2016 Summer Olympics games have ended. By flat gold medal count, the United States dominated. But considering wealth inequality in the world, does a straight gold medal tally make for the best measure of true Olympic success? What if we considered other broader and structural criteria? What message do we send when we relentlessly publicize tallies of gold medals won — and ignore the …
global wealth inequality
The Laborer
When you consider socioeconomic level, what do you see in this picture? A poor man? A day trader? What status did you assign him? Is he alienated? Is he a pawn of capitalism? I occasionally use this photograph in class to illustrate how easily opinions can be formed based on appearance rather than true information gathering. This man rolls in his goods to sell to tourists every day, …