Why read Dealing with Losers?

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Whenever governments change policies-tax, expenditure, or regulatory policies, among others-there will typically be losers: people or groups who relied upon and invested in physical, financial, or human capital predicated on, or even deliberately induced by the pre-reform set of policies. The issue of whether and when to mitigate the costs…

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1 author picked Dealing with Losers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Stephen F. Ross

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This book has nothing and everything to do with sports.

I loved it because Trebilcock recognizes that the way to innovate in the public interest is to buy off those who can oppose good new ideas.

My book demonstrates how owners selfishly reject proposals harmful to their own interests, and the only way to move forward is to figure out ways to overcome their objection. Trebilcock uses political examples that can be applied to sports.

From Stephen's list on books to provoke intelligent thought about the sports business.