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
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781568584812 (1568584814)
ASIN: 1568584814
Publish date: April 22nd 2014
Publisher: Nation Books
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Business,
Economics,
Culture,
Politics,
Sociology,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Pop Culture,
Mathematics
Originally found on my book blog! This was the best possible book to read before the World Cup because it focuses more on countries as national teams as a whole more than individual teams. There was a lot of information that helped me better understand the World Cup and soccer in general, which is w...
I found the chapters on economic analysis of team cashflow, as well as the analysis on hosting world sporting events the most interesting. Entertaining and thought provoking book!
I am not a die-hard soccer fan, but this book proves that sports are sports and fans are fans. Rightly called "the Moneyball of soccer"