Best business reporting from abroad in newspapers or wire services
Award Year: 1996
Award Name: The Malcom Forbes Award 1996
Recipient: R.C. Longworth
Affiliation: The Chicago Tribune
Honored Work: “Global Squeeze”
Most articles on the impact of economic globalization focus on the United States. Dick Longworth of the Chicago Tribune broke the mold by explaining how other advanced economies are trying to cope with profound changes in employment, living standards, government policies and social cohesion. His elegantly written four-part seres examined globalization’s threat to the German government-business-labor compact, to the French preference for state direction of the economy, and to Japanese protectionism, and compared each nation’s response to the dominant U.S. solution: downsizing. His sophisticated analysis of the benefits and dangers of globalization raises fundamental questions about what kinds of economies—and societies — the world is heading towards.
Citation for Excellence:
Dave Beal
St. Paul Pioneer Press
“China’s New Dynasty”