Whistler's new bobsled track: CDN $105 million (Credit:© VANOC/COVAN)

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When all is said and done, preparing for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler will have cost close to CDN $6 billion. (About $5.6 billion in U.S. dollars.) And that’s just the price tag to get everything built, before the Games have even begun. What did British Columbia get for all that money? Was it all worth it? (For more stories on the Winter Games click here.)

Also on this edition of the podcast, news about Toyota and Moscow McDonald’s turns 20.

See also

• February 15, 2010 -- The Financial Problems With Greece
• February 26, 2010 -- A Cross-Border Comparison of Stimulus Spending
• January 22, 2010 -- Haiti’s Chances for Long-Term Growth
• January 6, 2010 -- Birth, Death, and Shopping in Japan