About

David Berri

David Berri is professor of economics at Southern Utah University who has spent more than 25 years researching sports and economics. His latest book – with Nefertiti Walker – is “Slaying the Trolls!!” (Innovative Ink. 2024). He is also the lead author of “The Wages of Wins” (Stanford Press, 2006) and “Stumbling on Wins” (Financial Times Press, 2010). In addition, he is a co-author of a book called “The Economics of the Super Bowl” (Palgrave, 2020) and sole author of “Sports Economics”, a textbook with Macmillan Publishers (2018) and “The Last Hero’s Lesson” (Great Rivers Learning, 2023).

Beyond these six books he has authored or co-authored more than 90 academic papers. He has also written on the subject of sports economics for a number of popular media outlets, including the New York Times, the Atlantic.com, Time.com, Vice Sports, Huffington Post, and Forbes.