Best Books of 2020: Business

by Financial Times
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15 books
From ideas for rethinking economics and politics to pure escapism, FT writers and critics choose their favourite titles of what has been an extraordinary year for books.
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See the source list and commentary at www.ft.com

2020
Winner
Shortlist

A World Without Work

Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond
Daniel Susskind, 2020

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

Anne Case, Angus Deaton, 2020

If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future

Jill Lepore, 2020

No Rules Rules

Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer, 2020

Reimagining Capitalism

How Business Can Save the World
Rebecca Henderson, 2020
Longlist

Blood and Oil

Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck, 2020

Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History

Liam Vaughan, 2020

Money for Nothing: the South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism

Thomas Levenson, 2020

Radical Uncertainty

Mervyn King, John Kay, 2020

Samsung Rising

How an Upstart Company from South Korea Overtook Sony and Apple to Become the Worldwide Leader in Technology
Geoffrey Cain, 2020

The Double X Economy

The Epic Potential of Empowering Women
Professor Linda Scott, 2020

Trade Wars are Class Wars

How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
Matthew C. Klein, Michael Pettis, 2020

Uncharted

How to Navigate the Future
Margaret Heffernan, 2020

Winning Now, Winning Later

How Companies Can Win in the Short Term While Investing for the Long Term
David M. Cote, 2020