Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Grow the Pie
Alex Edmans · 2021
86/100
👍 Worth It
Edmans does something the ESG conversation badly needed — he brings rigorous empirical evidence rather than ideology to the question of whether companies can do good and do well at the same time. The pie metaphor is intuitive, the research is real, and the FT Book of the Year recognition is well-deserved. A must-read for anyone in business, investing, or policy who wants more than a slogan.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety96
Substance / usefulness90
Craft & writing84
Originality84
Evidence & accuracy82
Hype vs delivers88
Age-fit84
👁 Human-eye gut-check88
Penny’s verdict86
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