The 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Longlist
August 09, 2016
Financial Times and McKinsey's 2016 Business Book of the Year longlist shines a light on globalization.
The Financial Times and McKinsey have released the longlist for their 2016 Business Book of the Year Award.
Since we are also in the business book award game (submissions open next week!), we keep close tabs on the other lists announced each year. And FT/McKinsey is always a great one, with so many necessary books in the lineup. The list for 2016 shines a light on Globalization. "Many examine the consequences, good and bad, of the economic convergence and technological change" that Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat identified eleven years ago as their inaugural Book of the Year.
The complete longlist:
Age of Discovery by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna
Alibaba by Duncan Clark
Bourgeois Equality by Deirdre McCloskey
Brazillionaires by Alex Cuadros
Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez
Makers and Takers by Rana Foroohar
Success and Luck by Robert Frank
The 100-Year Life by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott
The Curse of Cash by Kenneth Rogoff
The Fix by Jonathan Tepperman
The Man Who Knew by Sebastian Mallaby
The Profiteers by Sally Denton
The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert Gordon
The Smartest Places on Earth by Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker
What Works by Iris Bohnet (Our review here)
You can read more about the list on FT.com. We will update you here when the judges select the shortlist on September 7, so stay tuned.