Since we've had some interesting economic "drive-by" shootings the past few months, I figured that I'd start a thread with recommended economics readings. I'll start off with two books that are about baseball (and economics). While I certainly don't track baseball nearly as close as I did as a kid, these books gave me a completely different look at Major League Baseball.
Amazon.com: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game: Books: Michael Lewis - This book covers how the Oakland As were able to use advanced statistics to identify inefficients in the market for professional baseball players earlier this decade, allowing them to consistently win division titles despite having a shoestring budget. While economics permeates throughout, the focuses more on the personalities involved, and so it very light on the economics.
Amazon.com: The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed: Books: J.C. Bradbury - This book is written by an economics professor who blogs at Sabernomics» Economic Thinking about Baseball, and is a great complement to Moneyball. He explores many of the concepts touched on in Moneyball, while providing the regression results and graphs that validate the analysis, often debunking common baseball myths. Additionally, he uses baseball examples to cover many of the basic economic principles as well as market structures.
Amazon.com: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game: Books: Michael Lewis - This book covers how the Oakland As were able to use advanced statistics to identify inefficients in the market for professional baseball players earlier this decade, allowing them to consistently win division titles despite having a shoestring budget. While economics permeates throughout, the focuses more on the personalities involved, and so it very light on the economics.
Amazon.com: The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed: Books: J.C. Bradbury - This book is written by an economics professor who blogs at Sabernomics» Economic Thinking about Baseball, and is a great complement to Moneyball. He explores many of the concepts touched on in Moneyball, while providing the regression results and graphs that validate the analysis, often debunking common baseball myths. Additionally, he uses baseball examples to cover many of the basic economic principles as well as market structures.
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