Alex Edmans
Alex Edmans is a finance professor at London Business School whose work focuses on corporate purpose, sustainable business, and evidence-based reasoning. He is the author of Grow the Pie and May Contain Lies, books that have influenced discussions of responsible capitalism and critical thinking in business and public debate.
Biografía y Trayectoria del Autor
Alex Edmans is a British finance scholar whose career has moved between academia, markets, and public debate. He studied Economics and Management at Oxford, spent two years at Morgan Stanley in London and New York, and then completed a PhD in finance at MIT Sloan as a Fulbright Scholar. After joining Wharton in 2007 and receiving tenure in 2013, he moved to London Business School, where he became Professor of Finance and developed a research portfolio spanning corporate finance, responsible business, and behavioural finance. ((https://alexedmans.com/about/biography/))
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Grow the Pie
Alex Edmans
Compelling case for how businesses can create value for society while achieving sustainable profits and long-term success.
May Contain Lies
Alex Edmans
Eye-opening guide to combating misinformation, teaching critical thinking skills to navigate our data-saturated world and make better decisions.
Grow the Pie
Alex Edmans
Compelling case for how businesses can create value for society while achieving sustainable profits and long-term success.
May Contain Lies
Alex Edmans
Eye-opening guide to combating misinformation, teaching critical thinking skills to navigate our data-saturated world and make better decisions.
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Voces de la Comunidad
"Alex Edmans's superb book makes the case, compellingly and comprehensively, for a radical rethink of how companies operate"
— Andy Haldane
"Alex Edmans provides robust evidence against the claim that businesses must choose between shareholder value and social responsibility"
— Onora O'Neill
"Alex Edmans has produced rigorous evidence that the choice between people and profits is a false dichotomy"
— Adam Grant
"Alex Edmans, in his passionate advocacy of Pieconomics, challenges us all to adopt a mindset and unity of purpose"
— Will Hutton
"Alex Edmans has done a great service to society by showing that business doesn't have to be a zero-sum game"
— Andrew Lo
"Alex Edmans is such a crisp, sharp, salutary voice - and a great guide to the bullsh*t of the modern world"
— Rory Stewart
"In this compelling book, Alex Edmans argues that there is indeed a problem with corporate behaviour"
— Oliver Hart
"With clarity and insight, Alex Edmans makes a valuable contribution to this key debate"
— Lucian Bebchuk
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
