The All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions podcast has officially done 50 episodes! To commemorate the milestone, hosts and finance professors Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen look back on some of the major all else equal mistakes they’ve covered on the show.
With highlights from past guests like Google CFO Ruth Porat and former SEC chair Jay Clayton, Jonathan and Jules provide insight on the pitfalls of oversimplified decision-making, regulatory challenges, correlation vs. causation, and what organizations can do to avoid making the same all else equal mistakes.
Links to past episodes referenced in the show:
"Secrets of a Stockpicking Star" with Cliff Asness
"Turning ‘Bad’ Investments into Good Profits" with Pete Briger
"Why Has Private Equity Grown So Much?" with Eric Zinterhofer
"Why the Private Debt Markets Have Exploded" with Laurence Gottlieb
“Making Regulation Work” with Jay Clayton
“Investigating Implausible Theories” with John Ioannidis
“Institutional Neutrality: Open Debate and Moral Stands” with John Etchemendy
“Making a Business Decision” with Ruth Porat
“The Future of Higher Education Part 2” with Niall Ferguson
“Disentangling Causation and Correlation” with Guido Imbens
“Fair or Unfair: Do Competitive Markets Give Everyone a Chance?” with John Cochrane
“May Contain Lies” with Alex Edmans
“Understanding the SEC's New Climate Disclosure Rules” with Lawrence Cunningham
“Finance Professors on Why Leaders Can’t ‘Agree to Disagree’” with Robert Aumann
Find All Else Equal on the web:
https://lauder.wharton.upenn.edu/allelse/
All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions Podcast is a production of the UPenn Wharton Lauder Institute through University FM.
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