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The Psychology Behind Why Smart People Make Terrible Decisions | Alex Edmans – EP 823

Sep 22, 2026

The Psychology Behind Why Smart People Make Terrible Decisions | Alex Edmans – EP 823

Passion Struck with John R. Miles

1 hr 2 min

You're smart. You're informed. So why do you still make terrible decisions? We like to believe that intelligence and information protect us from bad decisions. They don't. Professor Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School and Fellow