Book review: Paul Oyer: An economist goes to the game: how to throw away $580 million and other surprising insights from the economics of sports

The book takes readers on a journey through a collection of sports stories, introducing some of the world’s most famous athletes along the way, and demonstrates how core economic concepts are at the very heart of these multibillion-dollar industries. Oyer clearly has a passion for both and uses his deep understanding of economics to identify issues such as opportunity cost, prisoners’ dilemma, and gross domestic product.