“Banks are good at making money (or crashing the economy), but can they predict the outcome of the World Cup? The short answer: kind of. On May 30, Goldman Sachs released its 67-page World Cup and Economics 2014 report, that—between interviews with Franz Beckenbauer and in-depth breakdowns of every team (really, it’s a pretty good read)—includes a statistical model designed to predict the outcome of the tournament.” New Republic