Values, Mark Carney
Values, Mark Carney
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Value(s)
Building a Better World for All

Author: Mark Carney

Narrator: Mark Carney

Unabridged: 20 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 05/25/2021


Synopsis

From the Prime Minister of Canada, a bold and urgent argument for the foundational change that is required if we are to build an economy and society based not on market values but on human values
 
Our world is full of fault lines—growing inequality in income and opportunity, systemic racism; health and economic crises from a global pandemic, mistrust of experts, the existential threat of climate change, deep threats to employment in a digital economy with robotics on the rise. These fundamental problems and others like them, argues Mark Carney, stem from a common crisis in values. Drawing on the turmoil of the past two decades, Carney shows how “market economies” have evolved into “market societies” where price determines the value of everything.

Focusing on four major crises—the Global Financial Crisis, the Global Health Crisis, Climate Change and the 4th Industrial Revolution—Carney proposes responses to each. His solutions are tangible action plans for leaders, companies and countries to transform the value of the market back into the value of humanity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on May 02, 2021

Mark Carney is no longer the Governor of the Bank of England or of the Bank of Canada. So a fat book by him should be expected to explain his real thoughts, not the stilted public statements of officialese, and his real reactions to people and events, not the politically shackled statements designed......more

Goodreads review by John on March 28, 2021

This book was, for a non-economist and small-time investor, a tough slog. I'm not in a good position to judge Carney's economic or business insight. But what I loved is how he constantly pulls his readers back to basics--to the values we live for and by. He points out in many ways that these values......more

Goodreads review by Tristan on March 10, 2025

Edited 10/03/2025 Two things have happened since my original review (below), which make this book more important so have upped it to 4 stars. 1) Mark Carney is now Prime Minister of Canada and on the frontline of a trade war with Trump 2) The Stakeholder Capitalism advocated by Carney in this book is......more

Goodreads review by Karina on March 23, 2025

It’s so hard to know how to rate this book. I learned a lot! In fact I didn’t know how much I didn’t know about economics, geopolitics and how the world works. It was also hard work getting through every chapter. Like textbook hard. But I now have a better sense of who Mark Carney is and of all the......more

Goodreads review by Eleri on February 20, 2022

In theory I should have found this super interesting. Covered a whole bunch of things I'm interested in and the ways they intersect. Unfortunately, I just could not get into it. Kept zoning out, getting irritated with Carney's writing style, and I don't think there were any points or ideas that real......more


Quotes

"A radical book that speaks out accessibly as to how we get everyone involved in solving our problems. And this is what we need: 50 Shades of People for 50 Shades of Green."—Bono, lead singer of U2

"Mark Carney’s indispensable new book asks how we can go from knowing the price of everything to understanding its true value. From the Great Financial Crisis to climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, this is the essential handbook for 21st century leaders, policymakers and everyone who wants to build a fair and sustainable world."—Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank

"Thought-provoking and readable… As societies struggle to rebuild solidarity in the post-Covid world, it will be an essential guide"—Raghuram Rajan, Former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India

"Mark Carney draws on his unique experience of running two central banks to offer original and thought provoking solutions to the world’s biggest challenges – from Covid to climate change."—Gordon Brown, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

"A fantastic read for anyone interested in the most pressing issues facing us. The need for a world of profit with better purpose is explained in such a clear and persuasive style. I hope it gets read by many people."—Jim O'Neill, Member of House of Lords of the United Kingdom

"A roadmap to a fairer and more responsible, resilient world. Carney offers trenchant insights into our relationship with money and status, imagination and responsibility critical to our world’s future. What do we invest in – profit or human potential? This book is irradiated with the inspiring and critical conviction that money can be transformed into a tool of collective good."—Antony Gromley