Books by Matthew Campbell
“I’m not really supposed to pick favorites but as I don’t have any say in the shortlist choice or the winner, I can say that this book is one of my favorites. It’s a thriller, starting from what sounds like an unpromising premise, of an oil tanker hijacked off the coast of Yemen. David Mockett is a marine surveyor who is called in when the boat is set on fire and the crew escape. He is called in on behalf of insurers to find out what’s gone on. I won’t give away the plot, but it’s a murky tale which ultimately turns out to be fraud.” Read more...
The Best Business Books of 2022: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
Andrew Hill, Journalist
Interviews where books by Matthew Campbell were recommended
-
1
Dead in the Water: Murder and Fraud in the World’s Most Secretive Industry
by Kit Chellel & Matthew Campbell -
2
Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China’s Tech Ambition
by Lulu Chen -
3
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
by Gary Gerstle -
4
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption
by Sebastian Mallaby -
5
Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology
by Chris Miller -
6
Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century
by Helen Thompson
The Best Business Books of 2022: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
The Best Business Books of 2022: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
For its annual book award, the Financial Times looks beyond books that might be filed under business in a bookshop, picking out books that are compelling and enjoyable, explains Andrew Hill, the newspaper’s senior business writer. He talks us through the 2022 shortlist: books that shine a light on obscure but immensely important companies or industries, or address some of the bigger challenges facing our capitalist economies.
