This Sporting Planet: global sport and global capitalism

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Channel: LSE · 2010 · Education

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Speakers: Professor David Goldblatt
This event was recorded on 18 February 2010 in Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Globalisation has seen sport achieve a hitherto unequalled global cultural significance, but it has also left it in thrall to capitalism. Will economic forces continue to shape sport? David Goldblatt is a writer, broadcaster and teacher. He is author of The Ball is Round: a global history of football.

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