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soccernomicspod.bsky.social @soccernomicspod.bsky.social · 4h

It seems that @sszy.bsky.social's controversial takes on the Manchester City case has many wondering if he's running Liam Gallagher's social media. Check out our latest episodes to learn more about Stefan's position

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I agree, but it has always puzzled me - why are so many academics willing to allow their research to be used to reinforce preconceived notions rather than challenging the orthodoxy?

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Georgy Shukaylo @georgyshukaylo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Moving into the new office, it is always nice to have your ducks in a row! @sszy.bsky.social

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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Manchester City cheated and should be punished. But the rules they broke are ridiculous and should be scrapped. Let owners spend their own money! Football shouldn't turn away donors. Just turn away bad actors and sportswashers. Me @financialtimes.com - free to read as.ft.com/r/754ae74e-e...

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The real lesson from the Man City affair

Owners should be free to spend their own money on football — as long as they’re fit and proper

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Jonathan Tannenwald @jtannenwald.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Took a dinner recommendation from @sszy.bsky.social. Far from the first to say it’s great. Compliments to the chef, and the recommender.

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soccernomicspod.bsky.social @soccernomicspod.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

UEFA says it will boycott the next World Cup if FIFA's new investment plan for the tournament goes through. Ashish and @sszy.bsky.social got into all the ins and outs of the deal in this morning's episode of the pod.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Grieg, Roald Amundsen, Thor Heyerdahl, Edvard Munch... your boys were unlucky and deserved a draw at least. #ENGNOR

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soccernomicspod.bsky.social @soccernomicspod.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

After their surprise draws against Spain and Uruguay, Cape Verde have a real chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of The World Cup tonight. So how far can they go? Ashish Malhotra and @sszy.bsky.social discussed on in one of our episodes earlier this week

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soccernomicspod.bsky.social @soccernomicspod.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Can a successful Socceroos team - which showcases multiculturalism and has three players who were born in refugee camps - change attitudes on immigration in Australia? That's what we discussed in our first episode since the World Cup kicked off @sszy.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5rlq...

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The Socceroos and USMNT: Can Diverse National Teams Drive Social Change?

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soccernomicspod.bsky.social @soccernomicspod.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

@sszy.bsky.social has simulated the entire World Cup 20,000 times through two different models. We've distilled it into an episode you can just about listen to before the tournament kicks off in 20 mins. And if not, you can always listen later:

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soccernomicspod.bsky.social @soccernomicspod.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The World Cup starts this week. But could it be the last time we ever say that? @sszy.bsky.social and Ashish Malhotra are in @economist.com's By Invitation section today, laying out how Trump and FIFA could break football as we know it over the next month www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

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This may just be the last World Cup

America’s bellicosity combined with FIFA’s dysfunctionality spells trouble, reckon the Soccernomics podcasters

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

very well thanks. plenty of controversies to keep me busy :-) Hope you are well too

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

asterisks are are little silly, aren't they?

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A trailer for Soccernomics podcast - launched today! x.com/soccernomics...

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Excited to announce The Soccernomics Podcast (@soccernomicspod), alongside @simonkuper.bsky.social and @amalhotra2. We'll be coming to you Tuesdays and Thursdays as we gear up towards, and through The World Cup. First episode out now. open.spotify.com/show/033eUgQ...

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What is Soccernomics?

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

true, you have me bang to rights. reparations are due.

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Sixth edition published today! Thoroughly updated and a new chapter on MLS

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Dedicated to any teacher who has ever been badgered by helicopter parents (St Paul’s in the 1890s from Leonard Woolf’s autobiography)

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Some studies found women have lower social time preference rates than men- meaning they give more weight to the future- given the costs of nuclear power stretch far into the future, that might explain it in part

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I am once again asking when we will get Union band of brothers

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Instructive text for our times from the Roman section of the metropolitan museum

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I have an economics joke, but I'm not sure there's a market for it

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Great! Yes, my email is stefansz@umich.edu

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Anna Posbergh @annaposbergh.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Today I had a meeting about funding I received for a November 2025 (!) presentation. Part of the agreement requires me to present the talk at a university-wide event in March 2026. I was told today I could either censor/change my talk’s title and receive the funding, or withdraw. I withdrew.

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I can't think of any social media post in history that has made me this happy

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

In a similar way, gentlemen vs players became community based cricket in Mumbai or the white captain rule in the West Indies

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

currently reading nightingale’s book Segregation, the thesis is that modern racial segregation emerged out of urban policies in London and Kolkata in the 18th century. Restrictive covenants to keep out the poor in London’s west end became regulations to exclude rich Indian merchants in Kolkata

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Well I think the restoration story is bunk, but cricket in the 18th century became very popular, and seems to have emerged from rural aristocratic settings- plenty of documentation

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

There’s a theory that British aristos interacted with ordinary folks more than the French and so were more sensitive to potential uprisings- from the get go they played cricket with their farmhands who served as bowlers and were paid

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

if the French aristocracy had played cricket they might have avoided the revolution

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Yes, I’m trying to persuade her

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Seriously, she learned more about cricket than she ever wanted to know

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 15/02/2026

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P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

FOOTBALL & RACE 🧵 1/ Four years ago, Brian Flores sued the NFL alleging that the "Rooney Rule" requiring teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching vacancies is a sham. Today, the judge ruled that ALL claims must be litigated, not arbitrated. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Following a trip to the Second Circuit on an appeal by Defendants of the Court’s March 1, 2023, Order at Dkt. 76 (“March 1 Order”), which resulted in an appellate decision favorable to Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs filed a motion asking the Court to reconsider aspects of the Court’s March 1 Order that were adverse to Plaintiffs (and thus were not appealed by Defendants). Dkt. 153. Plaintiffs’ Motion is GRANTED. Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration at Dkt. 47 is now DENIED in full. All of the claims of Plaintiffs Brian Flores, Steve Wilks, and Ray Horton against the NFL and various member teams may now proceed in this Court.

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

and btw, the way UEFA restructured the Champions League to pre-empt further breakaways was to internalize the message of Hoehn and Szymanski (1999) :-)

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