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The Blind Side

Disciplines:
biography
sports
narrative nonfiction

Summary

Michael Lewis's 2006 book tracing the evolution of the left tackle position in American football through the story of Michael Oher, linking market dynamics to an individual human life.

Core Contribution

Demonstrates how a single rule change (protecting the quarterback's blind side) reshaped the entire salary market for a previously overlooked position — using one athlete's story to make the economic argument.

Historical Influences

Michael Lewis

Intellectual Lineage

Narrative Nonfiction Tradition Sports BiographyBehavioral Economics Applied to Labor Markets

Allied Works

Moneyball Friday Night LightsThe Big Short Home Game

Contemporaries & Peers

Moneyball The Big Short Friday Night LightsSeason on the Brink

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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