Just how principled is Mark Carney?

In this revised and updated edition, Dr. Jean Twenge uses data from 11 million respondents to reveal the profound differences in the lives of young Americans born in the 1980s and 1990s. The book delves into the cultural and psychological shifts that define this generation, including changes in sexual behavior, religious practice, and mental health. Twenge's work is engaging, humorous, and prescriptive, offering insights into how 'Gen Me-ers' are reshaping American society and facing unique challenges in their transition to adulthood.

In 'The Anxious Generation', Jonathan Haidt examines the sudden decline in the mental health of adolescents starting in the early 2010s. He attributes this decline to the shift from a 'play-based childhood' to a 'phone-based childhood', highlighting mechanisms such as sleep deprivation, attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, and perfectionism that interfere with children’s social and neurological development. Haidt proposes four simple rules to address this issue: no smartphones before high school, no social media before age 16, phone-free schools, and more opportunities for independence, free play, and responsibility. The book offers a clear call to action for parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments to restore a more humane childhood and end the epidemic of mental illness among youth.

In this book, Mark Carney examines the shortcomings and challenges of the market over the past decade, arguing that these have led to rampant public distrust. He focuses on four major crises: the Global Financial Crisis, the Global Health Crisis, Climate Change, and the 4th Industrial Revolution. Carney proposes tangible action plans for leaders, companies, and countries to transform the value of the market back into the value of humanity. He argues that the world has moved from a market economy to a market society, where everything is valued based on its monetary price, eroding societal values such as solidarity, fairness, responsibility, and sustainability.

In this book, Angela Duckworth presents a compelling argument that success is driven more by grit, a fusion of relentless passion and perseverance, than by talent. She explains what grit is, how to identify and develop it, and how it can be grown through stages such as developing interests, consistent practice, finding a pro-social purpose, and cultivating optimism. The book is structured in three parts: explaining what grit is and why it matters, how to grow grit from the inside out, and how to grow grit from the outside in, targeting parents, coaches, teachers, and organizational leaders. Duckworth supports her arguments with personal stories, historical insights, and interviews with high achievers from various fields.