Soccernomics (World Cup Edition): Why France and Germany Win, Why England Is Starting to and Why The Rest of the World Loses - Softcover

Kuper, Simon; Szymanski, Stefan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0008559627 ISBN 13: 9780008559625

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2022

Synopsis

‘Magnificent… Freakonomics for football’ – Guardian

Football truly is the world’s favourite game, followed in over 200 countries by hundreds of millions of people pouring their hearts and souls into supporting their chosen team every week.

But behind the passion are questions that all true football aficionados want answered: has football spending spun out of control? How much do managers matter? Is hosting a World Cup a poisoned chalice?

Fully revised and updated ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Soccernomics is the revolutionary guide from an economist and a sports writer who answer all these questions and more.

About this title

About the Authors

Simon Kuper's first book, Football Against the Enemy, won the 1994 William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize and is widely acknowledged as one of football's seminal books. Simon writes a weekly sports column in the Financial Times and has previously written football columns for The Times and The Observer.

Stefan Szymanski is Professor of Economics and MBA Dean at Cass Business School in London. Stefan has a global reputation and has acted as a consultant to government and to major sports organisations such as the FIA (motor sport), UEFA (football) and the ICC (cricket).

From the Back Cover

‘Magnificent… Freakonomics for football’ – Guardian

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008559627
• ISBN 13: 9780008559625
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544