{"product_id":"alex-edmans-may-contain-lies-9780520405851","title":"May Contain Lies","description":"\"Brilliantly researched and written and immensely practical in helping guide us through this thicket of (mis)information. I am already drawing on its insights in my everyday decision-making.\"--Andy Haldane, former Chief Economist, Bank of England \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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, Professor, University of Chicago, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and former Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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, Editor-at-Large, Financial Times\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A masterpiece! A must-read book that is a delight to consume and sure to improve the quality of your thinking.\"--Katy Milkman, Professor, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, author of How to Change\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Mass disinformation and poor understanding of basic statistics are the hallmarks of our 'information age.' Alex Edmans's book is the much-needed antidote.\"--Vaclav Smil, author of How the World Really Works and Numbers Don't Lie\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"--Will Hutton, President, Academy of Social Sciences, author of The State We're In\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A hard-hitting book with some great stories.\"--Andrew Gelman, Professor of Statistics and Political Science, Columbia University \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"How should we determine what to believe and when to be skeptical of what we read and hear? Professor Alex Edmans has written a brilliant, engaging book about how to deal with our age of endless information. With terrific examples throughout, this is a book we all would benefit from reading.\"--Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"May Contain Lies should be required reading for anyone venturing an opinion near a microphone or a screen. It's a lucid, honest, and vital guide to statistical reasoning, and a life raft of clarity in an ocean of lies.\"--Raj Patel, Research Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53737676767574,"sku":"9780520405851-V","price":17.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/alex-edmans-may-contain-lies-9780520405851","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}