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An intriguing new book, moneyball for government, highlights how governments of all sizes are using data to make better choices with taxpayer dollars. At its heart, moneyball is about crunching numbers and relying on hard evidencenot emotion or tradition. That rfa is strictly nonpartisan is evidenced by the fact that the books authors hail from opposing sides of the aisle jim nussle and peter orszag headed the office of. He cleverly negotiates with multiple general managers of other franchises to acquire a talented player named ricardo rincon. Third, this book illustratesprovides evidence, you could saythat moneyball is in the best interest of both democrats and republicans, and, more. Apr 29, 2018 government safety and pollution inspectors facing overwhelming numbers of sites to inspect could be better aided by artificial intelligence, says wsj energy expert sam ori. In a previous book, the bestselling moneyball, lewis tracked how smart baseball minds were changing the game with the use of data and analytics. Since its launch five years ago, there has been a whirlwind of activity geared towards this end, including the publication of this book, moneyball for government. Writing the book on moneyball government government executive.

Moneyball operates under the license of sahara development b. Moneyball government the way evidencebased analysisrather than what passes for wisdomturned a losing baseball team into a winner has powerful. Its focus is the teams analytical, evidencebased, sabermetric approach to assembling a competitive baseball team despite oaklands small budget. Since 20, weve created a bipartisan moneyball for government allstar team that includes more than 260 local, state, national, academic, and nonprofit leaders who support our moneyball for government principles too often, policymakers rely on gut instinct, or worse, special interests, when deciding how to invest taxpayer dollars. In 2014, a bipartisan group of current and former federal government leaders and advisors came together to write the nationalbestselling book, moneyball for. In this refreshing collaboration, an allstar team of leaders and thinkers from across the. Document moneyball for government needs moneyball politicians.

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Moneyball is a fascinating look at how the manager of the oakland as used statistical methods to assemble the best baseball team he could given his limited budget. The art of winning an unfair game is a book by michael lewis, published in 2003, about the oakland athletics baseball team and its general manager billy beane. Data and evidence dont lie but for too long, our policy makers havent paid them. The moneyball movement in government is gaining steam again.

Out of a handful of unlikelyreally unlikelyheroes, lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest. Jul 12, 2017 michael lewis, who coined the term and penned the 2003 bestselling book of that name. Moneyball for government on msnbcs morning joe youtube. This book is about changing the way government works so that policy and funding decisions by governments at all levels are informed by the best. However, this book only scratches the surface of the problem within governance and could have benefitted from local examples, especially in the relationship of. Preface michele jolin lets play moneyball former congressman jim nussle and peter orszag the pursuit of evidence glenn hubbard a continuum approach gene sperling making moneyball work melody barnes and john bridgeland embracing the politics of moneyball kevin madden and. Michael lewis, who coined the term and penned the 2003 bestselling book of that name. Next steps in moneyball government community govloop. Moneyball for government, second edition jim nussle, peter orszag on. What government inspectors can learn from moneyball the.

Jan 30, 2015 new book edited by peter orszag and jim nussle. The book moneyball for governments editors jim nussle and peter orszag on msnbcs morning joe explaining why government should invest taxpayer dollars in. Jan 21, 2015 in short, can government play moneyball. Using a numbersbased approach to end political gridlock. Dec 07, 2011 moneyball government the way evidencebased analysisrather than what passes for wisdomturned a losing baseball team into a winner has powerful lessons for government decisionmaking.