Business Book of the Year 2005
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The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs have drawn together a panel of experts from around the world to act as judges that will identify the most enjoyable business books in a crowded field and encourage business authors to raise their game.
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Friedman wins book award
Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat, an exuberant account of the challenges and benefits of globalisation, has won the inaugural FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
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Thomas Friedman is the winner of the inaugural FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Competition was fierce: vote in our poll for your favourite book
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Synopses of the short-listed books
Read a synopsis of the winning book and find out about the finalists
The panel members
The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs have drawn together a panel of experts from around the world to act as judges for the award. View the judges in session in our picture gallery
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Judges
The panel members
The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs have drawn together a panel of experts from around the world to act as judges for the award. View the judges in session in our picture gallery
Poll
Do you agree with the judges?
Which is your favourite of the six books on the short list of the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award?
Press releases
Thomas Friedman wins the inaugural FT and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award
Three times Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman awarded £30,000 prize for his history of globalization and its impact on business in the future
The FT’s view
Why there is a need for this award
This new award will identify the most enjoyable business books in a crowded field and encourage business authors to raise their game.
Business life
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