Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

Against the Rules is Michael Lewis on referees: the people whose job is to be fair in sports, finance, courts, and any market that pretends it does not have a judge.

Lewis reports and narrates in the clean, story-first style of his books. An official, a regulator, or a whistleblower becomes a protagonist with a system pressing on them.

The podcast is worth hearing if you know his later work and want the same method at episode length. He is skeptical of anyone who claims the rules enforce themselves.

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