IS South Africa the world’s most unequal country? No. The numbers are lying to you. The Gini Coefficient, the flawed metric behind this damaging myth, ignores billions in black wealth, millions of ...

THE rubric of robust statistical measures is essential for evaluating policies and plans within the context of democratic governance. A RECENT Sunday Independent article questions the relevance of the ...

What is the Gini coefficient, and what is it used for? And how does Singapore work out its Gini coefficient? If you've ever struggled to understand this concept, CNA's Grace Yeoh breaks it down for ...

Income (or wealth) inequality is measured using the normalised Gini coefficient. The normalised Gini coefficient (unlike the traditional Gini coefficient) takes into account negative values in a ...

According to the World Inequality Report 2022, the global inequalities in income among the richest 10% and bottom 50% population have increased over the last two decades, while global inequalities ...

SINGAPORE: Income inequality in Singapore has declined to its lowest level in over two decades, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during his Budget speech last Friday (Feb 16). This is measured ...

Blesch, Kristin, Oliver P. Hauser, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Measuring Inequality beyond the Gini Coefficient May Clarify Conflicting Findings." Nature Human Behaviour 6, no. 11 (November 2022): ...

Donald J Trump knows meaning of the term ‘shithole country’; an unfortunate phrase he used in 2018 with primary reference to Haiti. This small article seeks to define said term with reference to the ...

President Obama will make economic inequality a central theme of his State of the Union address on Tuesday, according to reports, highlighting the issue's emergence as a key political issue. Less ...