Essentially though, this is a fairy tale that could have been written by Walt Disney, where the main character is a big homeless black kid with no education to speak of, but this story is true. I have lived in America so I know the rules of American Football and it definitely helps to understand the context of the story. It doesn't matter if you are someone fascinated by American Football and its tactics and it doesn't matter if you are a student of economics, none of you will come away feeling short changed. Its a great book because it doesn't matter if all you are looking for is a feel good story about a kid who when given the support he needed realised his potential. Those who haven't read much of Lewis' previous work will assume this is a book about social justice and the power of kindness and on the surface that is what it is, however the underlying punch of this book is an economic study of supply and demand, how markets change and the sort of forces that make them change and most importantly, how this shift in market forces creates opportunities for those equipped to do so. For the unfamiliar, Lewis is a genius in taking you through both the surface level story of what he is examining, and the subtle background message that you can tell was what attracted him to the subject in the first place.
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