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REBECCA COOK

Canada's National Business Book Award award was established in 1985 to recognize the outstanding talent in Canadian business writing. The $20,000 prize is sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, BMO Financial Group and media partner The Globe and Mai. Jeff Rubin's Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization won the award on June 9.



This year, The Globe and Mail collected excerpts and readings from each of the nominees:



Wendy Dobson Gravity Shift: How Asia's New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the Twenty-first Century

John DeMont Coal Black Heart - The Story of Coal and the Lives It Ruled

Buzz Hargrove Laying It on the Line: Driving a Hard Bargain in Challenging Times

Rod McQueen Manulife: How Dominic D'Alessandro Built a Global Giant and Fought to Save It

Jeff Rubin Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization









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