--- title: Andrew Zimbalist | TIME description: Zimbalist is Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College and the author of Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup canonical: https://time.com/author/andrew-zimbalist/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/andrew-zimbalist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Andrew Zimbalist ## Andrew Zimbalist _Zimbalist is Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College and the author of_ [_Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0815726511/?tag=timecom-20) ## Andrew Zimbalist *  Jul 13, 2016 ### [The Summer Olympics Should Always Be in Los Angeles. Forever.](https://time.com/4396796/olympic-host-city/) No other city in the world makes economic sense [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 27, 2014 ### [Get Ready for a Massive World Cup Hangover, Brazil](https://time.com/2930699/world-cup-brazil-spending/) The overzealous and costly build-up to the games will leave the country footing an astronomical bill... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 30, 2014 ### [The Clippers Are Worth Nowhere Near What Ballmer Is Paying](https://time.com/2800607/steve-ballmer-los-angeles-clippers-worth/) A sports economist crunches the numbers on how much the basketball team is worth, and says the forme... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-zimbalist/","name":"Andrew Zimbalist"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-zimbalist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-zimbalist/"},"name":"Andrew Zimbalist","jobTitle":null,"description":"Zimbalist is Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College and the author of Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup","url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-zimbalist/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```