Thursday, November 13, 2014

Thomas Piketty wins FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty (Belknap Press/Harvard University Press) has won the 2014 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, which honors the book that provides "the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues" and has a £30,000 (about $47,740) prize.

Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times and chair of the panel of judges, said, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century emerged after vigorous debate from an incredibly strong field. While not everyone agreed on the policy prescription, we recognised the quality of the scholarship. It's a challenging but ultimately important book."

In addition, Saadia Zahidi won the inaugural Bracken Bower Prize, designed to encourage young authors to tackle emerging business themes, with a focus on the challenges and opportunities of growth. Her book proposal, Womenomics in the Muslim World, about a new movement in which economics trumps culture, combining data and anecdotal stories to illustrate the power of the new female Muslim economy, was awarded £15,000 ($23,870).

via Shelf Awareness

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