SOCCERNOMICS WORLD CUP ED EB

Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski

• Publisher: HarperSport
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780008811754
• eBook ISBN: 9780007466887
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic Theory
• Index: Economics

Written with an economist's brain and a soccer writer's skill, Soccernomics applies high-powered analytical tools to everyday soccer topics

Soccernomics is a revolutionary new way of looking at soccer that has helped to change the way the sport is played. This World Cup edition features ample new material, including a chapter on women's soccer that makes a case for reparations, an analysis of the pandemic's impact on soccer finances, and insights into the failed plan to create a European Super League.

Soccernomics remains essential reading for anyone in search of a more strategic, systematic perspective on the game, answering the questions that most consume soccer fans.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Note to Readers
• Dedication
• Contents
• 1. Driving with a Dashboard: In Search of New Truths about Football
• Part I: The Clubs: Racism, Stupidity, Bad Transfers, Capital Cities, the Leicester Fairy Tale and What Actually Happened in That Penalty Shoot-out in Moscow
• 12. The Suburban Newsagent’s: City Sizes and Football Prizes
• Part II: The Fans: Loyalty, Suicides and Happiness
• 16. Are Football Fans Polygamists? A Critique of the Nick Hornby Model of Fandom
• Part III: Countries: Rich and Poor, Tom Thumb, England, Spain, Palestine and the Champions of the Future
• 21. The Future: The Best of Times – and the Streaming Service
• Footnotes
• Select Bibliography
• List of Searchable Terms
• Acknowledgements
• Other Books By
• About the Publisher