Book prize finalists announced
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Judges have selected three book proposals to go forward for the 2015 Bracken Bower Prize.
Bracken Bower Prize
A panel of expert judges select the best book proposal from a range of titles submitted for this year’s £15,000 prize
The finalists’ proposed books would address crucial challenges of growth, including how to tackle catastrophe risk, when to quit a job, a market or a project, and China’s growing investments in Africa.
The finalists are:
Christopher Clearfield and András Tilcsik for Rethinking the Unthinkable: Managing the Risk of Catastrophic Failure in the Twenty-First Century.
Jonathan Hillman for The Fog of More.
Irene Yuan Sun for Brave Old World: Why China’s Investments in Africa Should Make Us Rethink Economic Development.
A panel of expert judges selected the three proposals from a shortlist of 11 entries, drawn from the range of titles submitted for this year’s £15,000 prize, which is open to authors aged under 35.
The winner will be announced on November 17 at a dinner in New York where the Financial Times and McKinsey will also name the Business Book of the Year.
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