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May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy
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May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy Hardcover - 2003

by Zimbalist, Andrew

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This book explores the abuses of the baseball industry and how these problems are directly connected to public policy, including Major League Baseball's monopoly status and its presumed antitrust exemption.

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Washington D. C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2003. The business of baseball and it's presumed antitrust exemption. Spine ends gently bumped with corresponding crimps to the mylar covered jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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  • Title May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy
  • Author Zimbalist, Andrew
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition.
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 198
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brookings Institution Press, Washington D. C.
  • Date 2003
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 150050
  • ISBN 9780815797289 / 0815797281
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.32 x 0.85 in (23.72 x 16.05 x 2.16 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball - Economic aspects - United States, Antitrust law - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002156494
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

First line

Many would say that the baseball industry had much to celebrate on November 6, 2001.

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Citations

  • Atlantic Monthly, 06/01/2003, Page 93
  • Choice, 01/01/2004, Page 951
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2003, Page 89
  • New York Times, 05/25/2003, Page 7
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/24/2003, Page 64
  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2004, Page 65

About the author

Andrew Zimbalist is Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College. He has published fifteen books and has consulted for players associations, governmental bodies, cities, owners, corporations, and international development organizations. His books include "May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy" (Brookings, 2003) and "In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig "(Wiley, 2006). Bob Costas, a 19-time Emmy Award winner, and television's most honored studio host, is the host of NBC's "Football Night in America" studio show.

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