The debate is important, and calm analysis may conclude that off-shore drilling generates more harm than benefit.

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Using traditional antitrust-like jurisprudence that incorporates rigorous economic analysis, the Commission would focus on specific allegations of consumer harm in the context of the particular marketplace situation.

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Nevertheless, Michael Lewis, the author of the 2003 book Moneyball, the story of how the penny-pinching Oakland A's used quantitative analysis to win at baseball, said he couldn't see the harm in additional analytics in youth and scholastic sports.

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