16. Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with “Moneyball”?

Update: 2022-11-24

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No — but he does have a knack for stumbling into the perfect moment, including the recent FTX debacle. In this installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, we revisit the book that launched the analytics revolution.

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