ET CETERA TUESDAY EDITION

no_olympics_moneyAn Economic Myth of Olympic Proportions

by Andrew Zimbalist

of Project Syndicate

Put One Foot Wrong in This Town & You’ve Left the Country – Liz Alderman, The N.Y. Times
A Swimming Pool in Marseilles Dramatizes France’s Muslim Dilemmas – Theodore Dalrymple
India’s Cow Vigilantes – Shashi Tharoor, Project Syndicate
China’s New Futuristic Commuter Bus – Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic
How the Ancient Olympics Dealt With Cheaters – Peter Jones, The Spectator
Deliveroo, an On-Demand Food Delivery Service, Raises $275 Million – Mark Scott, N.Y. Times
A Gentleman of Letters Competes with the Players – Ben Markovits, The Spectator
How Barcelona Is Taking City Streets Back from Cars – David Roberts, Vox
A Cheap, Easy Fix to Rio’s Sewage Problem – Olga Khazan, The Atlantic
I Thought I was British, Until I Took a DNA Test – Anthony Whitehead, The Spectator
Zika, Rio, and the Rising Health Hazards of Megacities – Joel Kotkin, New Geography