In this series we’re looking at how the economics of sports is doing away with hunches and intuition. Using data and research to evaluate players, strategies and even leagues.
If you look closely at your favourite sport nowadays, it’s hard to miss the influence of economics. It’s evident from the way players are drafted or how...
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Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016), one of the best American films in years.A24, PASTEL, Plan B Entertainment If 2016 was the “year of the mediocre film,” as I churlishly wrote this time last year, then 2017 marked a return to form for the Hollywood blockbuster.
There were some extraordinary stand-alone films...
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