Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Episode: Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky With “Moneyball”? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 523
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Liar's Poker
Buy on Amazon"This began with his first book, 'Liar's Poker.' My first job was in the very best place to tell the story about Wall Street in the 1980s."
Liar's Poker
Buy on Amazon"'Liar's Poker' is part memoir and part expose of the money harvesting industry."
Liar's Poker
Buy on Amazon"Lewis did recently have occasion to go back and reread 'Liar's Poker,' and what did he think?"
Liar's Poker
Buy on Amazon"'Liar's Poker' was set at the beginning of what turned out to be a movement to monetize and financialize everything."
Liar's Poker
Buy on Amazon"He read 'Liar's Poker.' Yes, he had read it, and I think that's why he let me through his door in the first place when I got there and started asking him questions that sounded like the kind of questions you'd ask a Wall Street trader."
Liar's Poker
Buy on Amazon"Now you're talking about Liar's Poker here, not Moneyball, correct? Liar's Poker: pure accident."