FT/麥肯錫年度最佳商業圖書獎候選名單公佈

Six heavyweight books that tackle head on the world’s big economic and management challenges — from the US productivity gap to persistent gender imbalances — feature on the shortlist for the business book of the year.

6部直擊世界經濟和管理重大挑戰（從美國生產力缺口到持續存在的性別不平衡問題）的重量級著作，入圍了年度最佳商業圖書候選名單。

Judges of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award praised the finalists — who were picked from a longlist of 15 titles — for their range and depth.

英國《金融時報》和麥肯錫年度最佳商業圖書獎(Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award)的評委們稱讚了候選圖書（這些書是從多達15部初選作品中挑選出來的）內容的廣度和深度。

The finalists for the ￡30,000 prize include The Rise and Fall of American Growth by the economist Robert Gordon, which takes issue with the idea that growth will continue unabated, and a forthcoming biography of Alan Greenspan, The Man Who Knew by Sebastian Mallaby.

爭奪3萬英鎊獎金的候選圖書包括經濟學家羅伯特•戈登(Robert Gordon)所著的《美國成長的興衰》(The Rise and Fall of American Growth)，以及即將出版的塞巴斯蒂安•馬拉比(Sebastian Mallaby)所著的艾倫•格林斯潘(Alan Greenspan)傳記《知者：格林斯潘傳》(The Man Who Knew)。《美國成長的興衰》一書對增長勢頭將不會減弱的觀點表示了異議。

Also on the shortlist are What Works, Iris Bohnet’s guide to how organisations can offset unconscious bias against women and manage diversity, and The 100-Year-Life by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott, about longevity.

候選圖書還包括艾麗斯•博內特(Iris Bohnet)所著的《什麼管用？》（What Works，指導機構如何能夠消除針對女性的無意識的偏見和實現多元化），以及琳達•格拉頓(Lynda Gratton)和安德魯•斯科特(Andrew Scott)合著的關於長壽的著作《百歲人生》(The 100-Year Life)。

Makers and Takers is Rana Foroohar’s critique of the dominance of high finance, while Duncan Clark’s Alibaba is an inside account of the rise of the Chinese internet company and its founder, Jack Ma.

拉娜•福魯哈爾(Rana Foroohar)在著作《製造者與索取者》(Makers and Takers)中批判了高級金融的主導地位，鄧肯•克拉克(Duncan Clark)所著的《阿里巴巴》(Alibaba)從內部講述了這家中國互聯網公司以及其創始人馬雲(Jack Ma)的崛起。

Readers will find much to debate and many practical solutions, said Lionel Barber, editor of the FT and chair of the panel of judges.

讀者會發現很多值得討論的東西和很多實用的解決方案，評委會主席、英國《金融時報》主編萊昂內爾•巴伯(Lionel Barber)表示。

Rodney Zemmel, McKinsey’s managing partner for north-east US, announced the shortlist at a lunch in Manhattan yesterday.

麥肯錫美國東北管理合夥人羅德尼•澤梅爾(Rodney Zemmel)昨天在曼哈頓舉行的午餐會上宣佈了候選圖書名單。

Rather than just laying out the problems, the authors offer interdisciplinary thinking and an intriguing range of potential answers.

作者們不是單純地羅列出問題，而是提供了跨學科的思考和一系列有趣的潛在答案。

The annual prize, launched in 2005, goes to the book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into business.

該獎項創立於2005年，頒發給那些爲商業提供最令人矚目和愉快的見解的圖書。

It will be presented in London on November 22, at a dinner where Dido Harding, chief executive of TalkTalk, the UK telecoms group, will give a keynote speech.

2016年度FT和麥肯錫最佳商業圖書獎將於11月22日在倫敦舉行的頒獎晚宴上頒發，英國電信集團TalkTalk行政總裁迪多•哈丁(Dido Harding)屆時將發表主題演講。

Each runner-up will receive ￡10,000.

所有候選圖書都將獲得1萬英鎊獎金。

Last year’s winner was The Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford, and in 2014 the prize went to Thomas Piketty for Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

去年獲獎的是馬丁•福特(Martin Ford)所著的《機器人的崛起》(The Rise of the Robots)，2014年獲獎的是托馬•皮凱蒂(Thomas Piketty)所著的《21世紀資本論》(Capital in the Twenty-First Century)。

In parallel with the business book award, the FT and McKinsey are again backing the ￡15,000 Bracken Bower Prize for the best business book proposal by a writer aged under 35, for which the entry closing date is September 30.

除了頒發該獎，英國《金融時報》和麥肯錫還將再次頒發布拉肯•鮑爾獎(Bracken Bower Prize)，獎勵年齡在35歲以下的作者的最佳商業圖書計劃，獎金額爲1.5萬英鎊，參賽截止日期爲9月30日。