Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia—and Even Iraq—Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport

Type

Book

Authors

Simon Kuper

Stefan Szymanski

ISBN 10

1568584814

ISBN 13

9781568584812

Tags

Sports, Economics, Sociology of Sports, Soccer

Description

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed one of the Best Books of the Year” by Guardian, Slate, Financial Times, Independent (UK), and Bloomberg NewsSoccernomics pioneers a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous, empirical analysis and incisive, witty commentary. The San Francisco Chronicle describes it as the most intelligent book ever written about soccer.” This World Cup edition features new material, including a provocative examination of how soccer clubs might actually start making profits, why that's undesirable, and how soccer's never had it so good. - from Amzon

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