Values: Building a Better World for All

Value(s): Building a Better World for All

Author	Mark Carney
Language	English
Subject	Economics
Genre	Non-fiction
Published	2021
Publication place	Canada United States United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	600pp
Awards	National Business Book Award (2021)
ISBN	978-0-7710-5155-5
OCLC	1204645713
LC Class	HM681 .C366 2021b

Value(s): Building a Better World for All is a 2021 non-fiction book by Mark Carney, the 24th Prime Minister of Canada.

Synopsis

Value(s) is a book by Mark Carney which examines the role of values in shaping social and economic systems. Carney argues in the book that the market economy has drifted from its moral foundations, prioritizing short-term financial gain over societal values such as fairness, resilience, and sustainability. He critiques the overreliance on market-driven solutions, and calls for economic systems to prioritize moral values. Drawing on his central banking experience during the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, Carney explains how these crises further highlight the need for values.

Publication

Value(s) was first published in 2021 by Signal Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada. The book was simultaneously published in the United Kingdom by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins; and in the United States by PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books Group.

Reception

Value(s) received mixed reviews, having been praised for its ambitious scope and vision but also criticized as being overly idealistic and lacking practical solutions. The book was the winner of the National Business Book Award in 2021.

In April 2025, a false quote from the book began circulating online, erroneously claiming that Carney had made disparaging remarks regarding Western society. The image containing the false quote was republished by individuals such as Theo Fleury. The false quote appeared to be sentences from John Ivison's 2021 review in the National Post, paraphrased, altered and attributed to Carney. The Canadian Press published a fact check regarding the quote and determined it to be false.

References

Sources

• Aldrick, Philip (20 March 2021). "Value(s) by Mark Carney review — a Davos man manifesto". The Times. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Birnie, Marissa (11 April 2025). "Fake quote from Carney's book spreads online; leader did not write West is 'morally rotten'". Canadian Press Fact Checks. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Carney, Mark (2021). Value(s): Building a Better World for All. Toronto, ON: Signal Books. ISBN 978-0-7710-5155-5. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via Archive.org.
• [CBC Books] (3 February 2021). "Values". CBC Books. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 April 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• [CityNews] (8 December 2021). "Mark Carney, Stephen Bown named co-winners of National Business Book Award". CityNews. Toronto, ON: Rogers Communications. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Cross, Philip (23 April 2021). "Value(s) without Value: A review of Value(s) by Mark Carney". National Review. New York, NY: E. Garrett Bewkes IV. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Deegan, Paul (16 March 2021). "Carney's Strong Case for a Better Tomorrow". Policy Magazine. Toronto, ON: Mediamundo. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Drudi, Cassandra (15 December 2021). "Stephen R. Bown and Mark Carney share 2021 National Business Book Award". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• English, Simon (15 March 2021). "Value(s): Building a Better World for All by Mark Carney review". Evening Standard. London, UK. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Fawcett, Max (29 September 2021). "Book Review: Value(s)". Open Canada. Toronto, ON: Canadian International Council. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Hardwick, James (10 March 2025). "I read Mark Carney's book so you don't have to". Canadian Dimension. Winnipeg, MB: Dimension Publications. Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Hutton, Will (21 March 2021). "Value(s) by Mark Carney review – call for a new kind of economics". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Ivison, John (13 March 2021). "John Ivison: New book by former central banker Mark Carney reveals him as a man on a mission". National Post. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Lee, Marc (11 March 2025). "Mark Carney's Values: What his 2021 book reveals about the leader he might be". Policy Alternatives. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

Further reading

Articles

• Jahangir, Junaid (2022). "Book review: Value(s): building a better world for all". International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education. 13 (3). Olney, England: Inderscience: 327–333. ISSN 1757-5656. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Lockhart, Dennis (2023). "Mark Carney: Value(s)—Building a Better World for All Public Affairs, Hatchett Book Group, 2021". Business Economics. 58 (1). National Association for Business Economics: 61–62. doi:10.1057/s11369-022-00271-6. Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Relph, Inge (13 April 2023). "Value(s) – Building a better world for all". Montreal, QC: World Community for Christian Meditation. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
• Sabnavis, Madan. "Book Review — Value(s): Building a Better World for All by Mark Carney". The Financial Express. Uttar Pradesh, India: Indian Express Limited. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

Audio and video

• Johnson, Robert (15 June 2021). Values: Building a Better World For All (Video). Institute for New Economic Thinking. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via YouTube. – A discussion with Mark Carney and William Janeway regarding the book at the 2021 Trento Economics Festival.

External links

• Value(s) at Open Library
• Value(s) at Goodreads