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Six books tackling the key business challenges of US-China competition, the impact of sanctions, the foundations of artificial intelligence and the pursuit of prosperity have reached the final of this year\u2019s Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n FT editor Roula Khalaf said the longlist of 16 was \u201cone of the best\u201d she had seen in her time as chair of judges, adding: \u201cIt was hard to pick out six finalists from such a strong field. It will be even tougher selecting a winner from among these great books.\u201d<\/p>\n She announced the shortlist at a ceremony on Wednesday at fund manager Schroders\u2019 US office in New York. The finalists are:<\/p>\n House of Huawei<\/a>: Inside the Secret World of China\u2019s Most Powerful Company, by Eva Dou, which investigates the rise of the Chinese technology company and the contribution of its founder, Ren Zhengfei, and the Chinese state.<\/p>\n Chokepoints<\/a>: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War, by Edward Fishman, which addresses the use of sanctions, and analyses how an economic arsenal was developed, and the consequences for 21st century business, politics and economics.\u00a0<\/p>\n How Progress Ends<\/a>: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations, by Carl Benedikt Frey, looks at the interconnection of innovation and bureaucracy in determining the destiny of civilisations and institutions and what that means for the US, China and Europe today.<\/p>\n Abundance<\/a>: How We Build a Better Future, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, analyses the growth dilemma facing the US and the political trade-offs between regulation, investment, government support and innovation.<\/p>\n Breakneck<\/a>: China\u2019s Quest to Engineer the Future, by Dan Wang, examines the core differences between the US, a \u201clawyerly state\u201d, and its arch-rival China, an \u201cengineering state\u201d that empowers innovation and ambition.<\/p>\n The Thinking Machine<\/a>: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World\u2019s Most Coveted Microchip, by Stephen Witt, looks into the leadership style of the chipmaker\u2019s chief executive and how he helped Nvidia become one of the world\u2019s most valuable companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n This year\u2019s award is the 21st edition of the prestigious FT prize and is worth \u00a330,000 to the author or authors of the winning book. It is the first for 15 years in which a novel made the longlist. The judges welcomed the inclusion of fiction but did not select Drayton and Mackenzie, by Alexander Starritt, for the shortlist.<\/p>\n The prize, which is also supported by FT owner Nikkei, will be presented in London on December 3. Authors of each of the shortlisted books will receive \u00a310,000.<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s prize was won by Parmy Olson\u2019s Supremacy<\/a>, about the rivalry between pioneers of artificial intelligence, and the 2023 winner was Amy Edmondson\u2019s Right Kind of Wrong<\/a>, about how to learn from failure and take better risks.<\/p>\n For more about the book award, visit www.ft.com\/bookaward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[288,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-43934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}