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“Rise of the Robots” wins Business Book of the Year

Martin Ford has won the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award for “The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment.”

The award recognizes the book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues. It was presented this evening to Martin Ford at a ceremony at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City by Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times and chair of the panel of judges, and Dominic Barton, global managing director of McKinsey & Co.

“‘The Rise of the Robots’ is a tightly-written and deeply-researched addition to the public policy debate du jour and du demain,” said Barber in a statement. “The judges didn’t agree with all of the conclusions, but were unanimous on the verdict and the impact of the book.”

Ford is the founder of a Silicon Valley–based software development firm and has over 25years of experience in computer design and software development. He is also the author of “The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology, and the Economy of the Future.”

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.