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Edmans, Alex. May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases—And What We Can Do about It

Russell Golman; Silvia Saccardo

Carnegie Mellon University

Journal of Economic Literature 2025

Russell Golman of Carnegie Mellon University and Silvia Saccardo of Carnegie Mellon University review “May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases – And What We Can Do about It” by Alex Edmans. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores how one might separate myth from reality, providing a practical guide to help people think more critically about topics including how to run a company and invest money, what drives global warming and the spread of pandemics, and which policies lawmakers should pass and voters should support.”

DOI
10.1257/jel.63.3.1090.r2
Volume
63 (3)
Pages
1092-1094
Language
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