Video: Princeton Baccalaureate 2012

Michael Lewis, a member of Princeton's Class of 1982 and author of such books as "Liar's Poker" and "Moneyball," speaks at the 2012 Baccalaureate in a speech called "Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie."

Video: Culture Of Wall Street

CNBC video interview, May 2012 - 'Liar's Poker' Author on Culture of Wall Street

Baseball: It Is The Only Sport That Is Transmitted From Fathers To Sons

"The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the only sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons." - in San Jose Mercury News

The Key Dilemma Around Moneyball

The key dilemma around Moneyball, the book by Michael Lewis and the movie based on it (I recommend both), is pretty simple.

The New York Yankees had a payroll of $126 million in 2002. The Oakland A’s had a payroll of only $40 million. How does an underfunded, outgunned outfit like the A’s compete with the Yankees? As A’s General Manager Billy Beane puts it in the movie: “There are rich teams, and there are poor teams. Then there’s 50 feet of crap. And then there’s us.” - in Daily Reckoning

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

"In his book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Lewis profiles the Oakland Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane, as he stole unseen stars from wealthier teams by exploiting baseball’s prejudices; unlike the rest of baseball, Beane wasn’t interested in good looking athletic players who either hit homeruns or struck out nobly, but in smart players who got on base. In The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, Lewis uses the inspiring rags-to-riches story of a poor homeless African-American high school player to explain how football strategy and tactics have evolved over the years." - in CNN Blog

The Big Interview: Is the United States a Third World Nation?

Michael Lewis, author of the new book "Boomerang," says the United States and many European nations suffered a moral failure that led to economic collapse. Lewis insists that the U.S. economic situation will get much worse before it gets better.

Quote Of The Day

´You can tell a lot about a country by observing how much better they treat themselves than foreigners at the point of entry.` - Michael Lewis

"With the possible exception of Bank of America, there is no such thing as a leaderless organization" - in Twitter

"He's really the finest writer of narrative non-fiction out there." - Malcolm Gladwell on Michael Lewis, in Fast Company

How You Measured Success In New Orleans

"What was important inside New Orleans was who your mama was, what carnival organisation you belonged to, where you went to school. It wasn't that there was an attitude that was hostile to success; it was that success was family; it was, "Did you give pleasure to people?" It was just kind of being. It wasn't achieving." - in smh.com.au