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

 

"The World Cup has already seen America’s thumping victory in its opener, a thriller involving Iran and a hat trick from Lionel Messi. In a written online conversation, the Times Opinion editors John Guida and Tim Schneider hosted Vanessa Barbara, the editor of the literary website A Hortaliça; Sean Jacobs, the author of the newsletter Eleven Named People; and Nate Silver, who writes the newsletter Silver Bulletin, to discuss the glorious (and not-so-glorious) soccer on display, the politics shaping the tournament and, of course, who’s going to win it all."

By Vanessa Barbara, Sean Jacobs, Nate SilverJohn Guida and Tim Schneider