"Wages is provocative, stimulating, and challenging." -Dick Friedman,-Sports Illustrated "The Wages of Wins brilliantly and provocatively argues that our eyes betray us when we watch professional athletes. To see the truth about how good a point guard or a quarterback really is, we need the help of algorithms." -Malcolm Gladwell,author of Blink and The Tipping Point "When I read the book, I was impressed by the amount of effort that went into compiling the reams of data that underlie the work... The fundamental case the authors make is that the statistical analysis shows that the conventional wisdom about sports is dead wrong-that the data, as they put it, 'offers many surprises.'" -Joe Nocera, New York Times "Sports fans with an analytical bent shouldn't skip this book. And come to think of it, perhaps sports executives should be reading it as well."-The Free Lance-Star "This book presents complex economic analysis in a breezy manner that the casual sports fan and econophobe will appreciate and enjoy. I plan to assign it to students and recommend it to friends."-Michael Leeds, Temple University, and author of The Economics of Sports
