{"product_id":"soccernomics-book","title":"Soccernomics: 2026 World Cup Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by an economist and a sports writer who are, like many people, football fanatics. First published in 2022, it became something of a pheomenon, and has been fully revised and updated ahead of the 2026 World Cup, \u003cem\u003eSoccernomics\u003c\/em\u003e uses data to \u003cem\u003etackle\u003c\/em\u003e a range of topics including transfers, why the England men's team has started to win, why the U.S. men's team can't seem to win, and whether or not hosting a World Cup is actually a positive thing for the host country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile baseball had its \u003cem\u003emoneyball\u003c\/em\u003e revolution, in which \u003ca title=\"sabermetrics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabermetrics\"\u003esabermetrics\u003c\/a\u003e were used as a way to scout and analyse players in the early 2000s, football analytics are still in relative infancy but you'll find loads of interesting facts and statistics in this doorstopper of a book. With every chapter of the book including updated stories and analyses, \u003cem\u003eSoccernomics\u003c\/em\u003e is a data-driven read that actually makes the numbers entertaining. A perfect gift for football fans and sports stats geeks ahead of this summer's World Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more books on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.designist.ie\/collections\/society-culture\" title=\"society and culture\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esociety and culture\u003c\/a\u003e, check our cections at designist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho wrote it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimon Kuper \u0026amp; Stefan Szymanski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does it come?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 576 pages, \u003cspan\u003e20 x 13 x 3 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Argosy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57688415371596,"sku":"ARG-SOC-NOM","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0073\/5892\/files\/soccernomics-designist-1.png?v=1780575357","url":"https:\/\/shop.designist.ie\/products\/soccernomics-book","provider":"designist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}