2024 Olympic Games commence in Paris, but will they make money?
The Olympic Games costs billions. The Paris organizing committee's budget is reported to be $4.4 billion. With other costs added, such as infrastructure, it's closer to $9 billion.
Simon Constable writes for a variety of leading publications and is a fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprise. Constable is based in France.