Value(s): Building a Better World for All

Smart Guy

This book is replete with interesting history of money and study of economics, relevant current issues, thought provoking philosophical perspective of western society’s erosion of values spreading quickly by globalization, digitalization, and monetization of everything including health and life itself. The reader finds oneself learning through an expert’s testimony of what inklings we sense everyday in our changing world. But the writing is very academic, use of a phenomenal level of economic theory and vocabulary making it hard to slug through the concepts. Our book club of 5 persons focusing on social justice and spirituality areas chose this book ; each with higher education degrees in social sciences and one in law find it valuable but hard to wade through. It is an astounding compendium of all the economic forces operating out of site, but threatening our society, democracy and economic infrastructure. So it is an extremely important contribution to those who strive to understand the real underpinnings of what is actually happening in the world of today.

Outstanding review of macroeconomics. Insightful view of difficulties of evaluating risks such as COVID, the climate issue, and of what could be a fairer world.

I think this book is almost a moral diary of a central banker thinking through the issues of the day as a policymaker during the dark days of the US-inspired global banking crisis, as well as during the time he had to clean up the Bank of England.

The difference between values & value is very important, this book helps to explain some of that. It gets a bit long though, the first 1/3rd is better than the rest, imho.

For each issue and set of options explored, histories of ideas and institutions are provided sufficient for following the themes that persist and evolve throughout the book

Educates both mind and soul. A book of huge range and scope. Incredibly valu(able), and, hopefully, impactful. It should be.

Marc Carney is clearly an elitist. I was continually being talked down to. He is definitely a highly intelligent and sophisticated individual, and is happy to let us know it. Unfortunately, Carney is a one-track pony that can't get away from his sole concern of environmental issues, which are truly important, but not the only concern of society.Jim Knight