By Robbie Butler
I spent the last few days reading the recently published The Shortest History of Economics by Andrew Leigh.
The book is a very nice summary of some of the biggest events in human history such as the farming and industrial revolutions, global conflicts and the depression.The usual suspects appear in the text. Names such as Smith, Ricardo, Marshall, Keynes, Hayek, Robinson and Ostrom.
How encouraging it was to read that sports economics has now made the cut!
On page 151 a section is dedicated to the field of sports economics. Leigh makes reference to the Journal of Sports Economics and acknowledges research by some friends of those of us on this website, include Carl Singleton, James Reade and Liam Lenten.
The piece concludes with the sentences: “Sport is an arena in which people respond to the incentives created by the rules…incentives are everywhere”.
What a perfect summary of what we try and illuminate on this website.
I spent the last few days reading the recently published The Shortest History of Economics by Andrew Leigh.
The book is a very nice summary of some of the biggest events in human history such as the farming and industrial revolutions, global conflicts and the depression.The usual suspects appear in the text. Names such as Smith, Ricardo, Marshall, Keynes, Hayek, Robinson and Ostrom.
How encouraging it was to read that sports economics has now made the cut!
On page 151 a section is dedicated to the field of sports economics. Leigh makes reference to the Journal of Sports Economics and acknowledges research by some friends of those of us on this website, include Carl Singleton, James Reade and Liam Lenten.
The piece concludes with the sentences: “Sport is an arena in which people respond to the incentives created by the rules…incentives are everywhere”.
What a perfect summary of what we try and illuminate on this website.
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