Michael Lewis

Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had a problem: how to win in the Major Leagues with a budget that's smaller than that of nearly every other team. Conventional wisdom long held that big name, highly athletic hitters and young pitchers with rocket arms were the ticket to success. But Beane and his staff, buoyed by massive amounts of carefully interpreted statistical data, believed that wins could be had by more affordable methods such as hitters with high on-base percentage and pitchers who get lots of ground outs. Given this information and a tight budget, Beane defied tradition and his own scouting department to build winning teams of young affordable players and inexpensive castoff veterans.

Having made the U.S. financial crisis comprehensible for us all in 'The Big Short', Michael Lewis realised that he hadn't begun to get grips with the full story. How exactly had it come to hit the rest of the world in the face too? Just how broke are we really? …

Récit de la faillite spectaculaire de la plateforme de cryptomonnaies FTX et du parcours de son fondateur, Sam Bankman-Fried, une personnalité énigmatique devenue le plus jeune milliardaire du monde avant sa chute. L'auteur raconte sa vie tumultueuse, entre luxe et argent facile, tout en révélant les dessous du monde du trading à haute fréquence. …