The Barcelona Complex: An Afternoon with Simon Kuper and John Carlin

Event Date: August 27, 2021 12:00 pm

Bestselling coauthor of “Soccernomics” and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful soccer club in the world—and how that era is now ending. His portrait of this incredible institution goes beyond soccer to understand FC Barcelona as a unique social, cultural, and political phenomenon. Recorded live August 27, 2021.

The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper