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OverviewHow to understand our human biases to separate fact from fiction, identify misinformation when we see it and make smarter decisions. A ground-breaking book that reveals why our human biases affect the way we receive and interpret information Our lives are minefields of misinformation. Statistics, stories and studies lie to us on a daily basis. Not only this but, as Professor Alex Edmans reveals, our brains lie to us too. He argues that we need to acknowledge and understand the role that our own human biases play in interpreting and digesting the information that we consume. It's only when we do, that we can actively resist being manipulated, and make informed choices that improve our lives. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alex EdmansPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Business Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.443kg ISBN: 9780241630167ISBN 10: 0241630169 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 25 April 2024 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsA powerful and punchy explanation of why misinformation is a problem that affects us all - be that in finance, politics, media, business or anywhere else. Edmans offers clear ideas about how to counter this, not just in our own lives but also across society as a whole. Timely and very provocative! -- Gillian Tett * Columnist and Editorial Board, the Financial Times and Provost, Kings College, Cambridge * A masterpiece! A must-read book that is both a delight to consume and sure to improve the quality of your thinking. We all want to know how to avoid biased decisions and draw more accurate conclusions. Edmans offers a riveting read that will help you dodge common mistakes and more successfully analyze evidence -- Katy Milkman * Author of How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be * Mass disinformation and poor understanding of basic statistics are the hallmarks of our 'information age'. Alex Edman's book is the much-needed antidote -- Vaclav Smil * Bestselling author of How the World Really Works * A hard-hitting book with some great stories -- Andrew Gelman * Professor of Statistics and Political Science, Columbia University * A powerful and punchy explanation of why misinformation is a problem that affects us all - be that in finance, politics, media, business or anywhere else. Edmans offers clear ideas about how the counter this, not just in our own lives but also across society as a whole. Timely and very provocative! -- Gillian Tett * Columnist and Editorial Board, the Financial Times and Provost, Kings College, Cambridge * A masterpiece! A must-read book that is both a delight to consume and sure to improve the quality of your thinking. We all want to know how to avoid biased decisions and draw more accurate conclusions. Edmans offers a riveting read that will help you dodge common mistakes and more successfully analyze evidence -- Katy Milkman * Author of How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be * Mass disinformation and poor understanding of basic statistics are the hallmarks of our 'information age'. Alex Edman's book is the much-needed antidote -- Vaclav Smil * Bestselling author of How the World Really Works * A powerful and punchy explanation of why misinformation is a problem that affects us all - be that in finance, politics, media, business or anywhere else. Edmans offers clear ideas about how to counter this, not just in our own lives but also across society as a whole. Timely and very provocative! -- Gillian Tett * Columnist and Editorial Board, the Financial Times and Provost, Kings College, Cambridge * A masterpiece! A must-read book that is both a delight to consume and sure to improve the quality of your thinking. We all want to know how to avoid biased decisions and draw more accurate conclusions. Edmans offers a riveting read that will help you dodge common mistakes and more successfully analyze evidence -- Katy Milkman * Author of How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be * Mass disinformation and poor understanding of basic statistics are the hallmarks of our 'information age'. Alex Edman's book is the much-needed antidote -- Vaclav Smil * Bestselling author of How the World Really Works * A hard-hitting book with some great stories -- Andrew Gelman * Professor of Statistics and Political Science, Columbia University * Treat this endorsement with caution – or so would argue author Alex Edmans. This is simultaneously a passionate and dispassionate call to truth – and how to achieve it - in a world of growing disinformation in which truth and common ground are the casualties. Everyone reading this hard-hitting but still entertaining book will feel challenged; so we all should -- Will Hutton * President of the Academy of Social Sciences, author of This Time No Mistakes * A fascinating account of how to navigate through lies and misleading statistics to arrive at a reasonable approximation of the truth. A valuable aid to make sense of our confusing world. -- Raghuram G. Rajan * Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business * A powerful and punchy explanation of why misinformation is a problem that affects us all - be that in finance, politics, media, business or anywhere else. Edmans offers clear ideas about how the counter this, not just in our own lives but also across society as a whole. Timely and very provocative! -- Columnist and Editorial Board, the Financial Times and Provost, Kings College, Cambridge * Gillian Tett * A masterpiece! A must-read book that is both a delight to consume and sure to improve the quality of your thinking. We all want to know how to avoid biased decisions and draw more accurate conclusions. Edmans offers a riveting read that will help you dodge common mistakes and more successfully analyze evidence -- Author of How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be * Katy Milkman * Author InformationAlex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. His TED talk 'What to Trust in a Post-Truth World' has been viewed 2 million times. He has also spoken at Davos and Google. In 2013, he was awarded tenure at The Wharton School and in 2021, was named MBA Professor of the Year by Poets and Quants. Edmans writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Harvard Business Review. His first book Grow the Pie (Cambridge University Press) was a Financial Times Book of the Year. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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