AWARD YEAR: 1981
AWARD NAME: Best Business News Reporting from Abroad
AWARD RECIPIENT: J. A. Livingston
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Philadelphia Inquirer
AWARD HONORED WORK: Articles comparing the economies of Britain and the U.S.
For five weeks J. A Livingston interviewed British government officials, bankers, businessmen, labor leaders, workers, and members of Parliament, and produced a literate and compelling series of articles comparing the economies of Britain and the U.S. Drawing historic parallels, from Britain’s industrial revolution and colonial markets to America’s assemblyline revolution and postwar markets, to contemporary comparisons of Thatcherism and Reagonomics, he concluded both countries need “the moral equivalent of war: a consensus that consuming too much today shortchanges the children of tomorrow.” A reporter since 1925 and business reporter almost that long, Livingston’s column is syndicated throughout the U.S. and Canada
A citation was awarded to Roy Rowan of Fortune Magazine for “China’s Creeping Capitalism.”
Judges: Margaret Klein, Alena Wels, Bob Dallos.