# Olympics Loser Boston Wins Big Economically

An episode of [Science Talk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/122384595), 6 Aug 2015, 36 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM1013699885.mp3?updated=1702506264

Smith College sports economist Andrew Zimbalist talks about why the Olympics is almost always a big financial hardship for the host city, a subject he treats at length in his book Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. Recorded at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse in New York City Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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