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The Games Are A Great Party, But Not A Great Investment
A worker walks past the Olympic torch and the Bolshoy Ice Dome in the Olympic Park as preparations continue Thursday ahead of the Sochi Winter Games. Russia has spent $50 billion on the 2014 games — the most expensive in history. (NPR/Pavel Golovkin/AP)

A worker walks past the Olympic torch and the Bolshoy Ice Dome in the Olympic Park as preparations continue Thursday ahead of the Sochi Winter Games. Russia has spent $50 billion on the 2014 games — the most expensive in history. (NPR/Pavel Golovkin/AP)
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A worker walks past the Olympic torch and the Bolshoy Ice Dome in the Olympic Park as preparations continue Thursday ahead of the Sochi Winter Games. Russia has spent $50 billion on the 2014 games — the most expensive in history. (NPR/Pavel Golovkin/AP)