Alex Edmans
@aedmans.bsky.social
Professor of Finance, LBS. Purposeful business, responsible investing, behavioral economics. Author: Grow the Pie; TED Talk: What to Trust in a Post-Truth World
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The Journal of Economic Literature has a book review of @aedmans.bsky.social's excellent book "May Contain Lies" ...
... but I'm ever so slightly disappointed that it does not discuss the most important part of the book. 😂
... but I'm ever so slightly disappointed that it does not discuss the most important part of the book. 😂
May 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Journal of Economic Literature has a book review of @aedmans.bsky.social's excellent book "May Contain Lies" ...
... but I'm ever so slightly disappointed that it does not discuss the most important part of the book. 😂
... but I'm ever so slightly disappointed that it does not discuss the most important part of the book. 😂
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Coda: further to my exasperated fisking of James Marriott's very bad column on smartphones and his use of "UPFs" as a comparison, I very much enjoyed this detailed takedown of UPFs/Chris VT's book on UPFs by @aedmans.bsky.social (and with thanks to @lauradragon1.bsky.social for digging it up)
Ultra-Processed Evidence - May Contain Lies
Chris van Tulleken’s “Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … And Why Can’t We Stop?”, on the dangers of Ultra-Processed Food (UPF), was one of the most successful books of 2...
maycontainlies.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Coda: further to my exasperated fisking of James Marriott's very bad column on smartphones and his use of "UPFs" as a comparison, I very much enjoyed this detailed takedown of UPFs/Chris VT's book on UPFs by @aedmans.bsky.social (and with thanks to @lauradragon1.bsky.social for digging it up)
"Independent SAGE was founded with the intention of putting scientific facts and debate into the public domain."
This is an admirable intention, but is undermined when the very first paper that they cite is the thoroughly debunked McKinsey diversity study.
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This is an admirable intention, but is undermined when the very first paper that they cite is the thoroughly debunked McKinsey diversity study.
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
independentsage.org
March 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"Independent SAGE was founded with the intention of putting scientific facts and debate into the public domain."
This is an admirable intention, but is undermined when the very first paper that they cite is the thoroughly debunked McKinsey diversity study.
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
This is an admirable intention, but is undermined when the very first paper that they cite is the thoroughly debunked McKinsey diversity study.
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
Misinformation is not just about fake news. Even if the facts are 100% accurate, the inferences we make from them may be misleading. My book, "May Contain Lies", aims to help the reader separate fact from fiction, in a non-technical, accessible and entertaining way. www.amazon.co.uk/May-Contain-...
March 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Misinformation is not just about fake news. Even if the facts are 100% accurate, the inferences we make from them may be misleading. My book, "May Contain Lies", aims to help the reader separate fact from fiction, in a non-technical, accessible and entertaining way. www.amazon.co.uk/May-Contain-...