338 - May Contain Lies - Alex Edmans (rebroadcast)

You Are Not So Smart by You Are Not So Smart

Apr 27, 202600:39:41Science & Medicine

Alex Edmans, a professor of finance at London Business School, tells us how to avoid the Ladder of Misinference.

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