Books by Adrian Wooldridge
“The whole book is really a plea to restore meritocracy and to use that as the main tool of encouraging social mobility rather than an anti-elitist approach. The book covers a lot of ground. You might argue that this is not as much of a business book as some of the others, but he’s so well-read, it’s such a well-written book, and it’s such a compelling argument, that it’s a worthy part of the shortlist. Also, it does shade over into discussion of how the people who run and influence the world’s economies make it to the top which is bound to be of interest to anyone in business.” Read more...
The Best Business Books: the 2021 FT & McKinsey Book Award
Andrew Hill, Journalist
God Is Back
by Adrian Wooldridge & John Micklethwait
The continuing decline of religion, as economies develop, will undoubtedly be a long and rocky road, and I certainly don’t think that religion will ever disappear completely.
Interviews where books by Adrian Wooldridge were recommended
The best books on God, recommended by Anthony Gottlieb
The philosopher and former executive editor of The Economist, Anthony Gottlieb, discusses religion and suggests that belief in God only truly declines in a society when economic development brings existential security.
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The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
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The World For Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
by Jack Farchy & Javier Blas -
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
by Patrick Radden Keefe -
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The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
by Michael E Mann -
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
by Nicole Perlroth -
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The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
by Adrian Wooldridge
The Best Business Books: the 2021 FT & McKinsey Book Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
The Best Business Books: the 2021 FT & McKinsey Book Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
Every year the Financial Times’s management editor, Andrew Hill, helps organize its ‘Business Book of the Year’ award, which celebrates outstanding books relating to business in the broadest sense. Here, he talks us through the 2021 shortlist, six books that will draw you in and open your eyes to how events happening in the world of business affect all of us–sometimes in very profound ways.
