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Alex Edmans

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Professor of Finance, Fellow of the British Academy, non-exec director, author, TED speaker. Purposeful business, responsible investing, behavioral economics.
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The Madness of Markets: How a French soccer defeat and a €10 billion stock meltdown led me to a hidden world of behavioral finance

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By Alex Edmans
| Fortune Verified
Portugal. Friday, 25 June 2004. The sixty-fifth minute of the European quarter-final. Greece, 15/1 outsiders, versus France, the tournament favourites. Greece captain Theodoros Zagorakis floats a cross into the penalty area, a perfect arc slicing through the Lisbon air. Angelos Charisteas charges forward, soars above two towering French defenders, and thunders a header past the frozen goalkeeper into the back of the net. Cue pandemonium.
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Jason Arday reflects a much deeper rot within universities

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By Alex Edmans
| Yahoo Verified
New revelations about Cambridge professor Jason Arday now arrive almost hourly. He claimed to have appeared in Seven Up, first broadcast 21 years before he had been born. He said he ran 600 miles in six days, before acknowledging that it actually took 12. He asserted that he had raised £5m for charity before admitting that it was mainly raised by unnamed others protected by non-disclosure agreements. His scholarship raises graver questions.
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When England crashes out of a football tournament, the stock market takes a dive

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By Alex Edmans
| Tolerance Canada
On July 15 2026, England were just five tantalising minutes away from their first men’s World Cup final since 1966. But that was before Argentina scored two goals to claim victory in stoppage time. The next morning, the professional reputation of England’s head coach Thomas Tuchel had taken quite a hit. So too had the London stock market, which dipped by 0.5% shortly after opening. Could the two events be connected?
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