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The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup
An updated and expanded analysis of the economic tensions behind the Olympics and the World Cup games. Andrew Zimbalist looks beyond the headlines of ...
Circus Maximus traces the path of the Olympic Games and the World Cup from noble sporting events to exhibits of excess....
Essays on the Challenges and Prospects of the Sports Industry
Contains essays in which Andrew Zimbalist examines the challenges facing the sports industry in the second decade of the twenty-first century, discuss...
Baseball Economics and Public Policy
The business of baseball stands in sharp contrast to the gameโs wholesome image as Americaโs favorite pastime. Major league baseball is a deeply t...
Commercialism and Conflict in Big-time College Sports : with a New Postscript by the Author
Arguing that college athletics actually represent a large-scale commercial interest that is hostile to the values of higher education, the author expl...
Major League Baseball is experiencing a period of distinct uncertainty. Average game attendance has fallen since the 1994 strike. Congress has called ...
How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer
This is the story of two great sports. One is "America's game," while the other is "the world's game." Baseball and soccer are both beloved cultural i...
Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business
Feisty essays from one of the nation's top sports economists....
A Political-Economic Approach
Comparing Economic Systems: A Political-Economic Approach presents a political-economic approach to the analysis and comparison of different types of ...
Economic Development and Political Change in the Twentieth Century
In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place. While this act of violent interventi...
Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball
From the front office to the family room, sabermetrics has dramatically changed the way baseball players are assessed and valued by fans and managers ...
The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums
" America is in the midst of a sports building boom. Professional sports teams are demanding and receiving fancy new playing facilities that are heavi...
How and Why Smart Cities Are Passing on the Torch
A play-by-play account of how No Boston Olympics rallied Massachusetts residents to reject an Olympic bid...
In 2013 and 2014, some of Massachusetts' wealthiest and most powerful individuals hatched an audacious plan to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Bosto...
A Probing Look Inside The Big Business Of Our National Pastime
As the season draws to a close and postseason play begins, this book offers a fascinating look at the ledgers that prop up America's favorite sport. Z...
Amateurism, Athlete Safety, and Academic Integrity
Intercollegiate athletics is under assault from all sides. Its economic model is yielding increasing and unsustainable deficits and widening inequalit...
Controversies in Cubanology
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What Went Wrong with College Sportsaand How to Fix It
What Went Wrong with College Sports-and how to Fix it
A critical look at the tension between the larger role of the university and the commercialization of college sports. Unwinding Madness is the most co...
Policy and Practice in a Mixed Economy
This book explores whether the Sandinista 'mixed economy'--a 'transitional' mixed economy--could have been stable if the Sandinistas had been able to ...