21 October (Auckland) Last week Wales and Australia both lost to fairer nations – this week the contest is much tighter, just as it’s likely to be on the field. Australia edges out Wales in the crucial income inequality stake, at least on paper, but neither nation’s figure is very impressive. Wales’ income inequality is quit ...
The indigenous factor 16 October (Auckland) New Zealand’s overall ranking of 5 puts us ahead of Australia on 8, a fact which has been immensely satisfying to New Zealand readers of this blog, especially as the mounting All Black injury list makes the outcome of Sunday’s semi-final less certain than many would like. However, looking at the break ...
QF 3: Australia v South Africa (Wellington) On the rugby stats, South Africa could be expected to dominate on the field, but on our social equality rankings, it comes a lowly 18th and would be out of the competition at this phase. Australia ranks 8th, aided by a much better Gini coefficient of 35 on a 0-100 scale (where 0 represents total equality ...
1 October (Nelson) At first glance it looks as though Australia has both competitions sewn up. The Wallabies are a force to be reckoned with on the field while the Russian Bears rank a lowly 19th in the World Cup pool. Russia is also bringing up the rear in the social equality and justice rankings at number 20 while Australia sits somewhere in the ...
23 September (Wellington) The two richest nations on our table (on national income per person) battle it out tonight, though in rugby terms Australia is by far the greater power (glossing over recent Irish and Samoan upsets). The US earns far more per person (US$47,094 compared to Australia’s US$38,692) although its economic and political p ...
Sunday 11 September The teams in Pool C get their foot to the ball for the first time today, with Australia playing Italy in Albany, and the United States facing off against Ireland in New Plymouth. Ireland will be favoured to win over the US. They also outrank on our measures of social fairness – Ireland being at no 2 in our overall rankings ...
