The Politics Of The Olympics

<p>The Olympics are a global event. They take years of planning, negotiation and convincing -- not to mention billions of dollars -- to stage. This is how the games are used by the United States and others around the world. This is what it takes to host, what the games do for  a nation and what it means when you refuse to attend. Welcome to the Olympics. </p><p>Our guests for this episode are <a href="http://julesboykoff.org/">Jules Boykoff</a>, professor of government and politics at Pacific University and author of several books on the politics of the Olympics, and <a href="https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/qian_nancy.aspx">Nancy Qian</a>, Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences at Northwestern University.</p>