Billy Beane
Military 'Moneyball'
Everyone is applying the lessons from Michael Lewis's book—even U.S. forces
In the summer of 2008, Kansas City-based sportswriter Joe Posnanski was invited to discuss Moneyball at nearby Fort Leavenworth. At first, he was incredulous. "I had literally no idea what I was supposed to talk about," he told me. But Posnanski duly attended the seminar-style session, which featured several Army officers, including a colonel, at the facility's University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies. "They were really working with the various people on all sorts of out-of-the-box thinking—that was the general theme," he said. READ MORE >>
Nate Silver Is Not The Only Solution
NBA Players Back Obama, But One Smart Exec Is For Romney
More Health Care Heresy from Newt
Newt Gingrich’s past endorsement of an individual mandate has drawn fire from conservatives. But that's not his only health care heresy. In 2008, Gingrich made the case for another idea that became part of Obamacare and, in due time, the focus of right-wing attacks. Worse still, at least from the standpoint of conservatives, he did so by writing an op-ed for The New York Times. READ MORE >>
Why Moneyball Is Still a Poor Ball Club’s Best Friend
Freedom From Quant
Against 'Moneyball'
'moneyball' For Everyone
by Cass Sunstein Dan Drezner raises questions about the Moneyball approach to academic hiring. In my view, Moneyball tells us a ton about academic hiring--and about much else besides. Moneyball is, or should be, for everyone. READ MORE >>
Who's On First
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game By Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton, 288 pp., $24.95) READ MORE >>
