Let’s Get Real About Purpose

calls for a new type of capitalism that defines value in terms of activities that fulfill specific missions.
Mariana Mazzucato is Professor of the Economics of Innovation and Public Value and Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose(IIPP). She is the author of The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times-McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
calls for a new type of capitalism that defines value in terms of activities that fulfill specific missions.
argues that rent-seeking in the drug industry is derailing efforts to achieve universal, affordable care.
takes aim at neoliberalism and its academic cousin, “public choice” theory.
argues that strong economic growth is possible only with a mission-driven state that makes bold investments.
highlights the pivotal role of the public sector in building a low-carbon future.
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