Michael Lewis is one of my favorite authors, as he manages to get inside looks into all sorts of businesses that I find fascinating. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine and Liar’s Poker
are both great quick reads, but Moneyball is still my favorite, due to my longtime love of baseball. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that the movie was pretty good and that Billy Beane was played by Brad Pitt. It’s also a great lesson on turning conventional wisdom on its head when you find a better way to do something.