{"product_id":"may-contain-lies-how-stories-statistics-and-studies-exploit-our-biases-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-9780520405851","title":"May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases--And What We Can Do about It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Grant's \"8 New Idea Books to Start Spring\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNext Big Idea Club's Must-Read Books for May 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderful litany of the myriad ways in which we can be deceived, and deceive ourselves.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Entertaining, thorough and full of current examples. . . . It's excellent.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow our biases cause us to fall for misinformation--and how to combat it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Our lives are minefields of misinformation. It ripples through our social media feeds, our daily headlines, and the pronouncements of politicians, executives, and authors. Stories, statistics, and studies are everywhere, allowing people to find evidence to support whatever position they want. Many of these sources are flawed, yet by playing on our emotions and preying on our biases, they can gain widespread acceptance, warp our views, and distort our decisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this eye-opening book, renowned economist Alex Edmans teaches us how to separate fact from fiction. Using colorful examples--from a wellness guru's tragic but fabricated backstory to the blunders that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the diet that ensnared millions yet hastened its founder's death--Edmans highlights the biases that cause us to mistake statements for facts, facts for data, data for evidence, and evidence for proof. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Armed with the knowledge of what to guard against, he then provides a practical guide to combat this tide of misinformation. Going beyond simply checking the facts and explaining individual statistics, Edmans explores the relationships \u003ci\u003ebetween\u003c\/i\u003e statistics--the science of cause and effect--ultimately training us to think smarter, sharper, and more critically. \u003ci\u003eMay Contain Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential read for anyone who wants to make better sense of the world and better decisions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Edmans\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Finance at London Business School. His TED talk \"What to Trust in a Post-Truth World\" has been viewed two million times; he has also spoken at the World Economic Forum, Davos, and in the UK Parliament. In 2013, he was awarded tenure at the Wharton School, and in 2021, he was named MBA Professor of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePoets\u0026amp;Quants\u003c\/i\u003e. Edmans writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eGrow the Pie, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50583711645970,"sku":"9780520405851","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_627e8e95-e789-4959-bad9-212c2889ab18.jpg?v=1745355947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/may-contain-lies-how-stories-statistics-and-studies-exploit-our-biases-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-9780520405851","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}