How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (Franklin Foer)
Chapter 5: How Soccer Explains the Survival of the Top Hats
Using the legendary Pelé as a throughline and the club Vasco de Gama as a case study, Foer analyzes why the Brazilian domestic system of leagues hasn't been stronger, despite Brazil being a hotbed of international-level soccer talent.
The answer, according to Foer, includes a toxic cocktail of corruption, cronyism, cynicism, demagoguery, failed economic nationalism, greed, militarism, and nepotism.
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