"Examines, from an economic perspective, how the different traditions of soccer and baseball have shaped the …Introduction, the fields of play -- The origins of baseball and soccer leagues -- How soccer spread around the world … when baseball didn't -- Pay for play : the development of the baseball and soccer labor markets -- Fans, franchises, and …

explanations -- The role of political elites -- The role of business elites -- The history of poverty in seven nations to 1900 … -- The early history of poverty in the Unites States -- The Dutch historical experience -- The early French and Belgium … history of poverty -- The English historical experience -- The historical experience with poverty in Sweden and Germany …