Does March Madness Really Hurt the Economy?

by Ryan Young on March 18, 2010 · 2 comments

in Culture, Economy, Odds & Ends, Zeitgeist

An annual study claims that the NCAA’s basketball championship tournament makes workers less productive. The illicit temptations of filling out brackets and watching games instead of working will cost the economy about $1.8 billion this year. Over at the Daily Caller, I show why that’s (mostly) a myth.

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