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An Economist Goes to the Game: How to Throw Away $580 Million and Other Surprising Insights from the Economics of Sports Fiction_Gift_Guide tent and a camping sceneAn engaging look at the ways economic thinking can help us understand how sports work both on and off the field Mr. Oyer writes clearly and ranges across all sorts of sports as well as across the globe, introducing fascinating observations.Henry D. Fetter, Wall Street Journal Are ticket scalpers good for teams? Should parents push their kids to excel at sports? Why do Koreans dominate womens golf, while Kenyans and Ethiopians dominate marathon racing?