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Value(s)
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Value(s)

Building a Better World for All

Public Affairs, 2021 plus...


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Bold
  • Engaging
  • Insider's Take

Recommendation

In this call for a new approach to capitalism, Mark Carney lays out a different way of thinking about markets. The ethos of profits-above-all has run its course, he writes; now the developed world must embrace a values-based perspective that stresses the common good over the individual’s self-interest. Carney, a prominent central banker, takes this sprawling study in many directions – it’s a memoir of his years in the financial trenches, a look at history and the legacies of Adam Smith and Magna Carta, and a self-help book focused on the whole of humanity.

Take-Aways

  • Markets reflect just one narrow trait of humanity.
  • Concepts about the value of money have changed dramatically over the centuries.
  • At moments when markets lose all moral direction, chaos ensues.

About the Author

Mark Carney is UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and an adviser to the British prime minister. He served as governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020 and as governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013.