How long does it take to read Value?
Mark Carney
Value by Mark Carney takes about 11 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours
A week or two of reading
First published 2021. 600 pages, about 165,000 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Why is it that the things we value most--from frontline nurses to the natural environment to keeping children well fed and educated--seem of little importance to economic markets? This bold, deeply researched manifesto offers a needed action plan to transform market values into human values." -- inside front jacket flap.
Subjects: Social values, Group values (Sociology), Social change, Economics, Sociological aspects, Environmental economics