Andrew Zimbalist
Smith CollegeSmith College
Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College and consultant to the sports industry; author of several books about sport and the business of sport, including National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer, Sports, Jobs and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums, Circling the Bases: Essays on the Challenges and Prospects of the Sports Industry, The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball, and Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup