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EconTalk 2013

Leigh Steinberg on Sports, Agents, and Athletes

Leigh Steinberg, legendary sports agent, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his career as…
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EconTalk 2012

Roger Noll on the Economics of Sports

Roger Noll of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economics of…
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EconTalk 2010

Arthur De Vany on Steroids, Baseball, and Evolutionary Fitness

Arthur De Vany, of the University of California, Irvine, and creator of Evolutionary Fitness, talks…
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EconTalk 2007

Ticket Prices and Scalping

EconTalk host Russ Roberts talks about scalping and visits AT&T Park hours before Major League…
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EconTalk 2007

Michael Lewis on the Hidden Economics of Baseball and Football

Michael Lewis talks about the economics of sports–the financial and decision-making side of baseball and…
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EconTalk 2006

The Economics of Moneyball

Skip Sauer of Clemson University and Russ Roberts discuss the economics of Michael Lewis’s Moneyball.…
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EconTalk 2006

The Economics of Sports

Skip Sauer of Clemson University and Russ Roberts talk about the economic impact of sports…
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EconTalk 2006

Ticket Scalping and Opportunity Cost

Michael Munger of Duke University talks with Russ Roberts about the economics of ticket scalping,…
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