Values: The must-read book on how to fix our politics, economics and values
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Horrified by the current financial crisis? Want to learn how we might get out of it?
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.
Mark Carney’s book ‘Value(s)’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 15-03-2021.
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Additional information
| Publisher | William Collins (1 Sept. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 608 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0008421196 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0008421199 |
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 3 x 19.8 cm |
by Daljit Banger
Ex Governor of the Bank of England Carney provides much more than financially-led commentary in this book, and offers a unique lens into the social values that have emerged in the last 15 years alongside accelerating economic and financial uncertainty.
An important read in our current times of financial, political and social turmoil, Carney’s Value(s) has inspired me to delve more deeply into what should be the conjoined pillars of economic and social values. 4-stars.
by renrutter
Am a fan of Mark Carney. Think of everyone in this time he talks and writes the most economic sense.
by S J Messenger
Mark Carney manages to explain how successful markets require moral values. I have always distrusted the apparent conf!ict in political debate between left and right, Labour and capital. Carney shows how they can work together.
by Kym Hamer
I’ve read 7 climate books in the last 7 to 8 weeks, all from different points of view. Some from the climate scientists perspective, even a particle physicist, but also political and social scientists and public relations consultants have provided a narrative. But this author takes the science, and the commercial / economic perspective, layers it with a social conscience and rethink of what we should value. So very Canadian and I say that having spent much of youth growing up in Quebec. But in all seriousness it’s a very balanced view. It takes the hard core climate science and future prognosis and blends it with a social, economic and commercial perspective. I think it’s the best book if you’re only going to read just one book.
by jay salisbury
From the moment I saw his first public C4 TV interview with Krishnan Guru-Murthy I could see Mark was “the man!”.
His book does not disappoint!
by Daljit Banger
In excess of 500 pages this book has some great suggestions for individuals, companies, investors and world leaders and suggestions on how we can manage, control and regulate investments in net zero portfolios. So worth definately a read !
The book got me thinking e.g. Mark mentions the value of Amazon (the company) in comparison to the Amazon Region in that Amazon has a $1.5 trillion equity valuation whilst the Amazon Region does not appear on any ledger – but the costs to the climate and biodiversity of destroying the Amazon rainforest has greater value to the planet .
Here are some great bits from the book, however you need to read the book for the context.
1. “More equal societies are more resilient, they are more likely to invest for the many not for the few, and to have robust political institutions and consistent policies’” p125
2. “We put a value on pain when, through the market, we set the price for ibuprofen and a value on pleasure when we set the price for a Pepsi” p231
3. “Society’s response to Covid has revealed much about people’s relationship to the state and the values of society” p235
4. “We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat” p 387
5. “When a social need can be tackled with a profitable business model, the magic of capitalism is unleashed.” p453
by jay salisbury
Superb. Information-rich, stirring, educational.
I’ve only recently understood the brilliance of Mark Carney, perhaps alerted by his dismantling of Jacob Rees-Mogg on several occasions, which of course the snarling right-wing press reported otherwise.
Carney’s brilliance coupled with his various vantage points from his recent posts allows the more pedestrian among us a clear insight into the world’s current challenges, much of which are attributable to the ways that human being have organised themselves and the value that they seek to extract for themselves.
This deserves to be read and then re-read.
by Andrew
I will update the review once I have read the book, for now, I am reviewing the physical quality of the item received. The book arrived with marks and tears on it, which was a shame. Still readable, so not all bad.