Panitza Library REaD ALERT
2015 AWARD-WINNING TITLES
ECONOMICS / BUSINESS / FINANCE
The Butterfly Defect: How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks, and What to
Do about It
Ian Goldin & Mike Mariathasan
 Finalist for the 2015 Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize
Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet
Gernot Wagner & Martin L. Weitzman
 Longlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015
The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance
Eswar S. Prasad
 Winner of the 2015 Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book
Awards
 Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Business, Finance &
Management, Association of American Publishers
GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History
Diane Coyle
 Winner of the 2015 Bronze Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book
Awards
Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deceptiony
George A. Akerlof & Robert J. Shiller
 Longlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015
A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media
Mikołaj Jan Piskorski
 Winner of the 2015 Gold Medal in Networking, Axiom Business Book
Awards
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
Gregory Clark
With Neil Cummins, Yu Hao and Daniel Diaz Vidal
 Winner of 2015 Gyorgy Ranki Prize, Economic History Association
 Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Economics, Association
of American Publishers
Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit
Charles W. Calomiris & Stephen H. Haber
 Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management,
Association of American Publishers
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