Lewis grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was made king of the New Orleans teenager Mardi Gras organization. Lewis: I've never felt inferior toward anyone and had no practice in being confined to my box.
No — but he does have a knack for stumbling into the perfect moment, including the recent FTX debacle. In this installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, we revisit the book that launched the analytics revolution.