From one of the world's leading economists, a bestselling expose of the state's crucial role in sparking innovation and growth - and the dangers of ignoring this truth.
Mariana Mazzucato (Author, Preface By)
Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and
Public Value at University College London, where she is Founding
Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose. She
is the winner of international prizes including the Grande
Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2021,
Italy's highest civilian honour, the 2020 John von Neumann Award,
the 2019 All European Academies Madame de Stael Prize for Cultural
Values, and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of
Economic Thought. Most recently, Pope Francis appointed her to the
Pontifical Academy for Life for bringing 'more humanity' to the
world.
As well as The Entrepreneurial State, she is the author of The
Value of Everything- Making and Taking in the Global Economy
(2018), Mission Economy- A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
(2021), and The Big Con- How the Consulting Industry Weakens our
Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies
(2023).
She advises policy makers around the world on innovation-led,
inclusive and sustainable growth. Her current roles have included
for example Chair of the World Health Organization's Council on the
Economics of Health for All, Co-Chair of the Global Commission on
the Economics of Water, Co-Chair of the Council on Urban
Initiatives, and member of the South African President's Economic
Advisory Council.
Read her book. It will challenge your thinking
*Forbes*
One of the most incisive economics books in years
*New York Review of Books*
This book has a controversial thesis. But it is basically right
*Financial Times*
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