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Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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Beyond the headlines of the world's most beloved sporting events

Circus Maximus focuses on major cities, like London, Rio, and Barcelona, that have previously hosted these sporting events, to provide context for future host cities that will bear the weight of exploding expenses, corruption, and protests. Zimbalist offers a sobering and candid look at the Olympics and the World Cup from outside the echo chamber.

ISBN-13: 9780815738619

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - Inc.

Publication Date: 06-30-2020

Pages: 256

Product Dimensions: 6.08(w) x 8.81(h) x 0.65(d)

Andrew Zimbalist earned a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has been in the economics department at Smith College since 1974 and has been a visiting professor at Doshisha University, the University of Geneva, and Hamburg University. Zimbalist has consulted in Latin America for the United Nations Development Program, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and numerous companies. He has consulted in the sports industry for players' associations, cities, companies, teams, and leagues, and has published twenty-five books.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition ix

Preface to the Second Edition xi

Preface to the First Edition xiii

1 What's Wrong with the Olympics and the World Cup? 1

2 Setting the Stage 9

3 The Short-Run Economic Impact 37

4 The Long-Run Economic Impact 61

5 Barcelona and Sochi 80

6 Rio-Brazil and London 99

7 Bread or Circuses? 130

Postscript 151

Notes 183

Index 219