Mark Carney
Bankers, like proctologists, rarely transition into politics. In the past, plenty of politicians have moved into finance, but rarely vice versa. Yet this is what Mark Carney did in Canada in 2025 — trade in basis points for counterpoints, derivatives for dissemblance.
If you were searching someone with anti-charisma, then the slim, anal-retentive-looking Carney is money in the bank! At various times, he has headed the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. In the latter role in 2016, after the Brexit referendum created a vacuum, British Prime Minister David Cameron had been gelded in public and lost all his authority. The Brexiteers themselves were equally speechless. Only Carney, leading the Bank of England, was able to talk about how to snatch stability from the jaws of this chaos.
Background[edit]
Mark Joseph Carney was born 16 March, 1965 in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. The reader who can barely find Canada on a map will never locate Fort Smith. Not wishing to become a moose-wrestler like his classmates, Carney moved to relatively cosmopolitan Alberta. Considering himself more Irish than Canadian (and resembling a leprechaun), Carney chose a career in finance. It was either pursue the Pot O' Gold or become a Catholic priest — which may explain why he got an Irish passport in the early 1980s.
Money Money Money[edit]
Degrees from Harvard and Oxford were quickly acquired. Carney decided he liked money.
Who's the Lousy Banker?[edit]
Heir to Trudeau?[edit]
Dealing with Trump[edit]
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