Values
An Economist’s Guide to Everything That Matters
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘A radical book that speaks out accessibly’ BONO
‘Indispensable … This is the essential handbook’ CHRISTINE LAGARDE
‘A remarkably good read’ GILLIAN TETT, Financial Times
‘A landmark achievement’ WILL HUTTON, Observer
This is a pivotal moment in our economy. With the markets in free-fall, financial challenges are growing for us all. A winter of inflation and spiralling energy costs looms. But it doesn’t have to be this way. As former Governor for the Bank of England Mark Carney said to the BBC: ‘The message from the financial markets is there’s a limit to unfunded spending and unfunded tax cuts in this environment.’
His book is essential reading for today’s economic crisis and provides answers to your questions as well as solutions for the future.
In Value(s), Carney offers a roadmap out of this chaos and towards a better, fairer society. This moment could be an opportunity for change, for overhaul. We cannot go on as we have, something must change. Drawing on a truly international perspective, this book offers a blueprint for how we can channel the dynamism of the market to transform intractable global problems into opportunities. And in so doing build a better world for all.
Read as one of the great global thinkers of our time examines how what we value has become misaligned and how we can rethink and rebuild before it is too late.
About the author
Mark Carney is currently the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Prime Minister Johnson’s Finance Adviser for COP26.
Mark was previously Governor of the Bank of England (2013 to 2020), and Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008 to 2013).
Internationally, Mark was Chair of the Financial Stability Board (2011 to 2018). He chaired the Global Economy Meeting and Economic Consultative Committee of the Bank for International Settlements (2018-2020), and was First Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board (from 2013-2020). He is a member of the Group of Thirty, the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, as well as the boards of Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Hoffman Institute for Global Business and Society at INSEAD.
Mark was born in Canada in 1965. He obtained a bachelor degree in Economics from Harvard and masters and doctorate degrees in Economics from Oxford.
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Economist Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England, debuts with a powerful exploration of how the rise of "market fundamentalism" has been detrimental to economic systems and democratic values. He analyzes concepts of value espoused by Aristotle, Adam Smith, and Karl Marx; explains how 19th-century neoclassicists including William Jevons "shifted the axis of value theory from objective factors of production to the subjective perceived value of goods to the consumer"; and sketches the history of money and the banking system. Contending that the three major crises of the 21st century—the 2008 recession, Covid-19, and climate change—have their roots in the dominance of monetary value over all other forms of value, Carney shows how the privileging of "technologically empowered" financial institutions over retail investors undermines the "social fabric on which finance depends," outlines how the financial sector can help achieve a net-zero-carbon economy, and offers a 10-point framework for transitioning economies from Covid-19 relief to a "mission-oriented capitalism" that is equitable and green. Though Carney's history lessons are somewhat extraneous to his comprehensive and creative policy recommendations, this is an exhaustive and persuasive look at how and why the global financial system needs to be reformed.
