Counting global income inequality, what would Olympic coverage look like if we considered national wealth alongside medal counts? When the 2018 Winter Olympics came to a close last month, the global consensus was that by the count of gold medals, Norway and Germany took the top two spots. But is a medal count alone the best way to measure the “winners” of these games? Or should we consider the …
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Who’s #1? – Reconsidering the Summer Olympics Medal Count
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 …