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Soccernomics: Why England Lose, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey and Even India are Destined to Become the New Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport Original Edition
Author(s): Simon Kuper (Author), Stefan Szymanski (Author)
- Publisher: Nation Books
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2009
- Edition: Original
- Language: English
- Print length: 336 pages
- ISBN-10: 1568584253
- ISBN-13: 9781568584256
Book Description
Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesnt America dominate the sport internationally…and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style? These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them. Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, Soccernomics reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about soccer. An essential guide for the 2010 World Cup, Soccernomics is a new way of looking at the worlds most popular game.
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About the Author
Simon Kuper is one of the worlds leading writers on soccer. His book Soccer Against the Enemy won the William Hill Prize for sports book of the year in Britain. He writes a weekly sports column in the Financial Times. He lives in Paris.
Stefan Szymanski is professor of economics and MBA Dean at Cass Business School in London. Tim Harford has called him ?one of the worlds leading sports economists. Szymanski lives in London.