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“Moneyball was published right before I wrote Mindset and it showed that the fixed mindset was alive and well in the world of sports. You would think that the relationship between training and skill would be utterly obvious in sports, but apparently it isn’t. Many of the baseball scouts described in the book really thought they could look at superficial physical features of baseball players and know who had the potential to be a superstar. It’s the sports version of craniometry.” Read more...
The best books on Mindset and Success
Carol Dweck, Psychologist
“I’ve assigned this book to a ‘first week of the year’ group a couple of times…I also have kids read it in my econometrics class. There’s a huge amount of econometric research on baseball. What the book is really about is a guy who is using some econometrics to predict which players will do better in advancing wins, which is a remarkable use of economic thinking. These guys really thought out of the box” Read more...
Books that Show Economics is Fun
Daniel Hamermesh, Economist
“I like this book because statistics is a very dry subject, but Lewis makes the numbers come to life by integrating them into Beane’s life story.” Read more...
Timothy J. Jorgensen, Biologist
“I’m a great admirer of Michael Lewis. He’s by far the most accomplished, most entertaining, most informative non-fiction writer around at the moment, and I’m slightly surprised he’s not better known in Britain. I wanted to include this book because it seems to me a parable of the disinclination of people to base their practices on evidence, and for evidence-based policy in general. “ Read more...
The best books on Philosophy and Sport
David Papineau, Philosopher
“This is about a guy using econometrics to predict which baseball players will do better in advancing wins, a remarkable use of economic thinking.” Read more...
Ed Smith, Sportspersons & Sportswriter
