International Sports, National Dictators

Olympics’ Edifice Complex Is Ultimately a Loser, Newsday, February 3, 2014. "The Olympic Winter Games start Friday in Sochi, Russia. They were supposed to cost $12 billion, but the latest estimate is higher: more than $50 billion. Small wonder that, increasingly, the nations that want to host international sporting events are corrupt, publicity-seeking dictatorships or deluded Keynesians."