Prof. Alex Edmans, London Business School, on Why Sustainable Investing “May Contain Lies”

How prevalent are psychological biases like confirmation bias and
black-and-white in your thinking? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss
with Professor Alex Edmans, London Business School, about why
misinformation is a problem that affects us all; how we can counter
it through more critical, rigorous analysis; and what it means for
the world of sustainable investing. Alex Edmans is Professor of
Finance at London Business School. Alex serves as non-executive
director of the Investor Forum, on the World Economic Forum’s
Global Future Council on Responsible Investing, on Royal London
Asset Management’s Responsible Investment Advisory Committee, and
on Novo Nordisk’s Sustainability Advisory Council. Alex’s book,
Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit,
was a Financial Times Book of the Year and has been translated into
nine languages, and he is a co-author of Principles of Corporate
Finance (with Brealey, Myers, and Allen). He is a Fellow of the
Academy of Social Sciences. His latest book, May Contain Lies: How
Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases – And What We
Can Do About It comes out in April 2024.