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

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.”