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‘Crony Capitalism on Steroids’: 3 Writers on the World Cup’s First Week

By Vanessa Barbara, Sean Jacobs, Nate Silver, John Guida and Tim SchneiderJune 19, 2026·Source: NY Times·8 views

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The history of global soccer, in some sense, is a history of the world’s political problems.

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