Moneyball is an economic strategy first employed by the Oakland Athletics to win games without a raft of star players.
The team used statistics to find players who could move the ball forward and score runs, without necessarily being home-run hitters.
It turns out, a growing number of cities, including Las Vegas, are turning to data to figure out how to best use taxpayer dollars. Betsy Fretwell, Las Vegas city manager, says data analysis helps the city try new approaches more quickly than in years past.