🌍 The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing: How Market Thinking Conquered Our World

Send us Fan MailGo deeper with additional material on the substack related to this episode. In this provocative episode of Heliox, we dissect Mark Carney's groundbreaking work on how our obsession with market values is eroding our humanity. We explore the dangerous shift from "economies that use markets" to "societies defined by markets" and examine how this transformation is reshaping everything from healthcare to climate policy. The episode dives into the "three lies of finance" that fueled the 2008 crash and connects these financial failures to our current environmental crisis. We contrast the staggering market valuation of corporations with the criminal undervaluation of natural resources like the Amazon rainforest, revealing a profound crisis of values. From the gold standard's collapse to the rise of cryptocurrencies, from the moral foundations of early economics to the hollow promises of modern finance, this episode challenges listeners to reconsider what truly matters in a world where everything—including human life—has been reduced to a price tag. Join us as we explore how reclaiming our core values might be the only way to navigate the fourth industrial revolution and build economies that serve humanity rather than consume it.The Reith LecturesValues: Building a Better World for All by Mark CarneyHomegrown Harmony  🎶 Carney’s Song This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets EmpathyIndependent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter.  Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas. Support the showDisclosure: This podcast uses AI-generated synthetic voices for a material portion of the audio content, in line with Apple Podcasts guidelines. We make rigorous science accessible, accurate, and unforgettable.Produced by Michelle Bruecker and Scott Bleackley, it features reviews of emerging research and ideas from leading thinkers, curated under our creative direction with AI assistance for voice, imagery, and composition. Systemic voices and illustrative images of people are representative tools, not depictions of specific individuals.We dive deep into peer-reviewed research, pre-prints, and major scientific works—then bring them to life through the stories of the researchers themselves. Complex ideas become clear. Obscure discoveries become conversation starters. And you walk away understanding not just what scientists discovered, but why it matters and how they got there.Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter.  Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat.http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs