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Economists Agree: Publicly Financed Sports Stadiums Are a Bust

Jason Keisling and Jim Pagels | From the December 2015 issue

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Jason Keisling is a visual content fellow at Reason.

Jim Pagels is the 2015 Burton C. Gray Memorial Intern at Reason.

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