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September 5, 2009

Why are governments subsidizing sports stadiums?
What makes a stadium more worthy of subsidy than, say, a hospital or a bank or a factory? And why subsidize any of them in the first place?

EconDirectory update for September 2009
The comprehensive list of economics-related websites, ranked by traffic counts

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