They Play, You Pay: Why Taxpayers Build Ballparks, Stadiums, and Arenas for Billionaire Owners and Millionaire Players

Bennett, James T.

ISBN 10: 1461433312 / ISBN 13: 9781461433316

Verlag: Springer, 2012

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1461433312-4-34011592

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: They Play, You Pay: Why Taxpayers Build Ballparks, Stadiums, and Arenas for Billionaire Owners and Millionaire Players
• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1461433312
• ISBN-13: 9781461433316
• Einband: paperback
• Zustand: Fair
• Gewicht: 12 Unzen

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Inhaltsangabe

Here is a fresh look at a political and economic puzzle: why do Joe and Jane Sixpack in the Bronx and Dallas pay taxes to subsidize ballparks for professional sports, despite evidence that publicly funded stadiums don't create net economic growth?

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

James T. Bennett is Eminent Scholar and William P. Snavely Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at George Mason University, and Director of The John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy, where he specializes in Public Choice Theory, Political Economy, Labor Economics, and Public Policy.  Previously, he served on the faculty of George Washington University.  He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles and has served as editor of the Journal of Labor Research, on the board of the Review of Austrian Economics, and as a referee for such journals as Economic Inquiry; Review of Economics and Statistics; Public Choice; Public Finance Quarterly; Journal of Economics and Business; and American Economic Review.  He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including From Pathology to Politics (Transaction), Unhealthy Charities (Basic Books), The Politics of American Feminism (University Press of America), Stifling Political Competition (Springer, SIPC Series), Not Invited to the Party (Springer), and The Doomsday Lobby (Springer/Copernicus).