I imagine Mark Carney was something of an autocrat even in the cradle, issuing directives and insulting subordinates from the earliest age. “Yeah, I’m not feeling this WubbaNub. Got any others?” “This is not a helpful suggestion. Go back and rework it to a different nap time.”
Certainly his has been a lifetime spent in preparation for, or the active enjoyment of, executive power: Harvard. Oxford. Goldman Sachs. As governor of the Bank of Canada, he would have been used to making all the final decisions, in consultation with a small group of senior advisers.
