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Bill James on Baseball, Facts, and the Rules of the Game
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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Baseball stats guru and author Bill James talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges of understanding complexity in baseball and elsewhere. James reflects on the lessons he has learned as a long-time student of data and the role it plays in understanding the underlying reality that exists between different variables in sports and outside of sports. The conversation closes with a discussion of our understanding of social processes and the connection to public policy and the ideologies we hold.
Released:
Jan 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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