Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Olympics and the Egalitarian Bunk

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Politicians and their mainstream sycophants frequently lectures, directly and indirectly (through media), the public about the supposed nece...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Olympic Medals and Economic Health

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The state of a nation’s economy seem to have a tight correlationship with the score of Olympic medals acquired. As New York University’s W...
Thursday, August 02, 2012

The IRS Awaits US Olympic Winners

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Poor US Olympic athletes. Triumph from years of hard work will only mean that much of their earnings (seized) taxed away by the IRS. Fro...

Quote of the Day: Olympics: A Giant Exercise in Sports Socialism

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The Olympics are a giant exercise in sports socialism—or crony capitalism, if you prefer—where the profits are privatized and the costs s...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Even in the Olympics, Central Planning Fails

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Why do Olympic games suffer from financial losses? Because Olympic planners think that they have it all worked out. From the Telegraph ,...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Even Olympic Medals have been “Debased”

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While I am a fan of sports, I am not a fan of the Olympics. Olympics, for me, represents the politicization of sports premised on feel goo...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Defunct Olympic Games

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From the Economist ``THE Beijing Olympics may be over, but the long run-up to the London Olympics has begun. In 2012 baseball and softball ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

36 Facts from the 2008 Beijing Olympics

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Chris Chase via Yahoo sports gives us 36 interesting facts from the 2008 Beijing Games… To quote Mr. Chase’s entire article… In honor of th...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Olympic Medal Count Based on Select Economic Measures

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Interesting site from Youcalc. It shows of the Olympic medal standings seen from the perspective of economics based on either: 1. ...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Olympics: Trend of Breaking Records Accelerates! What drives them?

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From the Economist , ``TUMBLING world records are part of the Olympic experience, but just how much have swimmers or runners improved over...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Wall Street Journal: Professor Johnson’s Medal Standing Prediction; Philippine Olympic Delegates of ONLY 15 Aspirants Reduces Odds For Gold!

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The Wall Street Journal recently published the predictions of economist Daniel Johnson , a professor at Colorado College , on the possible...

Gender Barrier Coming Down In The Olympics: A Reflection of World Socioeconomic Progress?

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Evolving important social and economic global trends can be seen in the Olympics-female participation in the games have been getting broader...

Technology Changing The Way Games Are Played (Swimming)

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Technology seems to have altered the competitive dimensions in the sport of swimming. Skills will now have to be complimented by hydrodynami...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

The Socionomics of the First Philippine Olympic Gold Medal-Thank You Manny Pacquiao

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``Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.” -Mi...