Mariana Mazzucato
Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and a co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. She was Chair of the World Health Organization’s Council on the Economics of Health For All. She is the author of The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (Penguin Books, 2019), Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (Penguin Books, 2022), and, most recently, The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments and Warps Our Economies (Penguin Press, 2023). A tenth anniversary edition of her book The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths was published by Penguin in September.
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What Labour Needs to Succeed
What Labour Needs to Succeed
Jul 15, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Sarah Doyle share lessons from other countries about how to implement an effective industrial strategy.
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Economic Shortsightedness Is Jeopardizing Italy’s G7 Ambitions
Economic Shortsightedness Is Jeopardizing Italy’s G7 Ambitions
Jun 10, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Giovanni Tagliani urge Giorgia Meloni’s government not to squander the country’s valuable legacy of public enterprise.
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The Economics of Health for All
The Economics of Health for All
May 28, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato explains why pandemic prevention and preparedness must be embedded in economic policymaking.
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What Mission-Driven Government Means
What Mission-Driven Government Means
May 7, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel correct common misconceptions about a particular form of state participation in the economy.
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Central Banks in a Cashless World
Central Banks in a Cashless World
Apr 26, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & David Eaves explain why policymakers should become more involved in shaping or creating digital-payments infrastructure.