The Truth About The Olympics

The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games is a major international multi-sport event currently being held in Sochi, Russia. What is the truth about the Olympics?

Freedomain Radio is 100% funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by signing up for a monthly subscription or making a one time donation at: http://www.fdrurl.com/donate

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-olympic-athletes-really-get-paid-2012-7
http://www.moneyunder30.com/how-much-do-olympic-athletes-earn-unless-youre-michael-phelps-not-enough
http://blog.chron.com/frugalconfessions/2012/08/how-olympic-athletes-fund-their-dream/
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/31/sochi-olympics-costs-and-corruption-a-look-at-the-massive-venues-and-the-tycoons-behind-their-construction/
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-02/the-2014-winter-olympics-in-sochi-cost-51-billion
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-21/putin-friend-bags-at-least-21-russian-olympic-contracts
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/31/how-the-sochi-winter-olympics-grew-into-a-state-sanctioned-flaunting-of-ego-and-power/
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2014/02/10/140210ta_talk_surowiecki
http://www.policymic.com/articles/11402/libertarians-would-run-olympics-2012-better-than-security-firm-g4s
http://www.newgeography.com/content/002965-london-olympics-2012-let-games-end
http://judymorrisreport.blogspot.ca/2012/07/time-to-end-bread-and-circuses-olympics.html
http://hawaiianlibertarian.blogspot.ca/2008/08/title-ix-screwed-us-in-olympics.html
http://www.thenation.com/blog/169310/us-olympic-system-abusive-chinas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-francis/female-gymnastics-is-alwa_b_119067.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182127/How-China-trains-children-win-gold--standing-girls-legs-young-boys-hang-bars.html
http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/sexualabuseinsport-excerpt
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/us/rate-of-child-sexual-abuse-on-the-decline.html?_r=0

Get more from Stefan Molyneux and Freedomain Radio including books, podcasts and other info at: http://www.freedomainradio.com

Amazon US Affiliate Link: www.fdrurl.com/AmazonUS
Amazon Canada Affiliate Link: www.fdrurl.com/AmazonCanada
Amazon UK Affiliate Link: www.fdrurl.com/AmazonUK