The Longevity Imperative makes shortlist for FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2024

London Business School's Professor Andrew Scott's new book, The Longevity Imperative, Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives, continues to attract significant attention and praise around the world.

The book has now been selected for the shortlist of this year's FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year. This news follows the FT's Chief Economics Commentator, Martin Wolf, selecting Professor Scott's book as one of 18 'Best Summer Books 2024: Economics'. The book has garnered attention from world-leading print and broadcast media, including articles and broadcast profiles in the FT, The Times, The Guardian, the BBC, MarketWatch and Dubai Eye.

In the book, which was released by publishers Basic Books at the beginning of the year, Professor Scott noted that for the first time ever, large numbers of the young and middle-aged can expect to live long enough to become old.

At the book's launch by LBS's Wheeler Institute in the spring of 2024, Professor Scott said that he wanted to “elevate longevity” and adjust our collective thinking towards a deeper consideration about the longer lives we are likely to lead and how longevity needs to be afforded the same gravitas as AI and climate change.

“It is absolutely a key individual and collective priority,” he said. “We hear a lot about AI and climate change and how we need to adapt to the future that those two forces will forge; we don’t however hear much about adapting to the priorities associated with the longer lives that many of us now lead. I want to impress upon you that longevity is just as important as the other two global issues of climate change and AI.”

The winner of the £30,000 prize will be the book that offers the “most compelling and enjoyable insight” into business issues. The shortlisted titles each receive £10,000. The winner of the award will be announced on December 9. Read more about the award at www.ft.com/bookaward.