The Political Economy of World Heavyweight Boxing during the Great Depression

The purpose of the paper is to show how boxing managed to remain an affordable and consumable good for the USAmerican citizens in the times of the Great Depression of 1929-1933, when industrial production was closing. Moreover, while other economic activities faced problems, boxing continued to prod...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vlad ROŞCA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: General Association of Economists from Romania 2012-01-01
Series:Theoretical and Applied Economics
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Online Access: http://store.ectap.ro/articole/683.pdf