Daniel Altman is the owner of North Yard Analytics LLC, a sports data consulting firm, and an adjunct associate professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business.
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 03: GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in Manhattan after he signed a pledge Thursday to support the Republican nominee in the 2016 general election, ruling out a third-party or independent run on September 3, 2015 in New York City. Trump made the announcement following a meeting with Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus. Trump stressed repeatedly in the news conference that he is leading in all national polls. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA - MAY 25: Donald Trump speaks at a rally on May 25, 2016 in Anaheim, California. The presumptive Republican presidential candidate is on a Western campaign swing. A rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico yesterday turned violent on Tuesday, leading to at least one arrest and several injuries, police say. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves the lectern after speaking to the press in front of 10 Downing street in London on June 21, 2016.
Cameron warned today that a vote to leave the EU in less than 48 hours would damage the economy, representing a "huge risk" for jobs and families. / AFP / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
US economist and Nobel-prize of Economy winner Paul Krugman speaks with journalists after his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on March 22, 2016.
Krugman participated in a meeting on international financial economy with top Japanese governmental officials. / AFP / POOL / FRANCK ROBICHON (Photo credit should read )
Employees walk at the Athens stock exchange on April 10, 2014. A milestone Greek bond sale, marking the country's return to the medium-term market after four years, was "at least eight times oversubscribed," the country's deputy PM said on Thursday. European stocks fell on Thursday as investors shrugged off a successful return to the bond markets by Greece four years after the country was rescued with a bailout. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (C) gestures after taking an oath to Security Minister Maria Rodriguez (R) at the Government House, in Buenos Aires on December 4, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Juan Mabromata (Photo credit should read JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 26: Pope Francis waves from the Popemobile on his way to attend the Via Crucis on Copacabana Beach during World Youth Day celebrations on July 26, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 1.5 million pilgrims are expected to join the pontiff for his visit to the Catholic Church's World Youth Day celebrations which is running July 23-28. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Migrants queue during a food distribution organized by the local organisation "Kos solidarity" outside the abandoned Captain Elias hotel, where hundreds of migrants have found temporary shelter, on August 17, 2015. The carcass of an abandoned hotel on the Greek island of Kos has become a grim shelter for scores of migrants fleeing war and poverty as Europe faces its worst refugee crisis in decades. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 24: A screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shows the the Dow Jones industrial average briefly dropping over 1000 points in morning trading on August 24, 2015 in New York City. As the global economy continues to react from events in China, markets dropped significantly around the world on Monday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
