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Economics of Sport, Recreational Therapy, Trust-But-Verify
The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 186
- Aug 25, 2015 6:00 am
- 2:18:30 mins
Economics of Olympics/ World Cup (9:53) Dr. Andrew Zimbalist, Professor of Economics at Smith College. He has consulted in Latin America for the United Nations Development Programme, the United States Agency for International Development and numerous companies, and he has consulted in the sports industry for players' associations, teams, cities, companies and leagues. Dr. Zimbalist is the author of “Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup”. He’s here to help us understand the economic truth behind hosting the Olympics or World Cup Peace like a River (56:28) Warren Price is a retired medic with the Utah Army National Guard. Warren Price is a licensed Recreational Therapist. He spent a year in combat with the 116th Engineer Company in Iraq. When Warren returned home he suffered with PTSD and found that fly fishing helped him to cope without medication. He now works with other vets how to use recreation to help heal. The Problem with a Trus...