The persistence of inefficiency in industries with low barriers to entry (movies, Wall Street) suggests, as behavioral economists would argue, that human-judgment biases produce inefficiency even in highly competitive businesses no matter how competitive they are.

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Speaker

Michael Lewis

Evidence Quote

I did feel when I was in the middle of working on Moneyball that this was this was an example that behavioral economists would seize on

Source

Michael Lewis on the Hidden Economics of Baseball and Football 1/29/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 12:12:19 AM

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