Vatican brings together Mark Carney, Mohammad Yunus, Jeffrey Sachs to call for more person-centred economy

Pope Francis and the Governor of the Bank of England both stressed this week that the human person must be at the centre of the global economy. Francis was addressing a closed-door conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Rome. His remarks were later echoed in a statement (draft below) signed by almost 70 financial experts including Mark Carney. Mr Carney – who was there in his capacity as chairman of the Basel-based Financial Stability Board – attended alongside Nobel Peace Prizewinner Muhammad Yunus, US economist Jeffrey Sachs and the head of Caritas Internationalis, Michel Roy. The two-day conference was entitled “The Global Common Good: Towards a More Inclusive Economy” and was based on Pope Francis’ ideas in his Apostolic E