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Value(s)

Building a Better World for All

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By Mark Carney

Read by Mark Carney

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  1. Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $44.99
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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.

  • "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

On Sale
May 25, 2021
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781549190056

Mark Carney

About the Author

Mark Carney is Prime Minister of Canada. As Governor of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 financial crisis, he guided Canada through one of the most turbulent economic periods in modern history. He subsequently served as Governor of the Bank of England and United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance.

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