Best spring wishes and hello.
Recently, I have been reading two books; The Rise and Fall of Great Nations by Professor Paul Kennedy and Moneyball by Michael Lewis. The first is a study of the great empires from 1500 to 1986, and the second is about how professional baseball teams evaluate talent and choose players. In some ways, both books are about the same thing; the traditional way of dealing with issues, versus new ways of dealing with the same issues. A section at the end of this memo discusses some of the strategies and behavior patterns from these . . .
Continue Reading: April 26, 2004
