How does a low-budget team like the Oakland As compete in team-building with much richer organizations like the New York Mets? General manager Billy Beane puts into place new franchise-building theories, battling against decades of tradition and sentiment.
Follows one young man from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.
Presents the author's darkly humorous investigation of the effects of the 2008 financial bubble on other countries before taking aim at greedy debtors in California and Washington, D.C.