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Mariana Mazzucato is an Italian-American economist and professor at University College London. She is known for her research on innovation, public value, and the role of the state in economic growth.
Known for: Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy
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Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
In Mission Economy, Mariana Mazzucato makes a bold claim: the biggest problems of our time cannot be solved by markets alone, nor by governments acting as passive regulators that merely fix failures a...
The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy
In this influential work, economist Mariana Mazzucato examines how modern economies define and measure value. She argues that the distinction between value creation and value extraction has been blurr...
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Modern Capitalism Lost Its Direction
One of the most unsettling ideas in the book is that capitalism’s biggest failure today is not simply inequality or instability, but a deeper loss of collective purpose. Mazzucato argues that many advanced economies have become dominated by short-termism. Financial markets reward quarterly earnings ...
From Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
The State Can Be Entrepreneurial
A powerful myth in modern economics is that the private sector innovates while the public sector merely regulates, subsidizes, or repairs the damage. Mazzucato challenges this story head-on. She shows that governments have often been central drivers of major innovations, especially when uncertainty ...
From Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Apollo Shows What Missions Can Do
The moon landing was not just a technological triumph; it was a lesson in organized ambition. Mazzucato uses the Apollo program as a model because it transformed a seemingly impossible goal into a coordinated national effort. It aligned procurement, research, industry, engineering, public agencies, ...
From Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Mission-Oriented Policy Gives Direction
A mission is not the same as a slogan, a spending program, or a vague national priority. Mazzucato defines mission-oriented policy as a way of setting bold, specific, societally relevant goals that can direct innovation across sectors. Good missions are inspirational but also practical: they identif...
From Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Public-Private Partnerships Need New Rules
Mazzucato argues that public-private collaboration often fails not because collaboration itself is flawed, but because the terms are poorly designed. Too often, governments socialize risk while private actors privatize rewards. The public sector funds research, absorbs uncertainty, guarantees demand...
From Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Finance Must Serve Long-Term Missions
Money alone does not create transformation; patient and purposeful finance does. Mazzucato shows that mission-driven change requires funding systems that can tolerate uncertainty, support experimentation, and sustain investment over long time horizons. Conventional finance often struggles to do this...
From Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
About Mariana Mazzucato
Mariana Mazzucato is an Italian-American economist and professor at University College London. She is known for her research on innovation, public value, and the role of the state in economic growth. Her work has influenced global economic policy debates and she has advised governments and internati...
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Mariana Mazzucato is an Italian-American economist and professor at University College London. She is known for her research on innovation, public value, and the role of the state in economic growth. Her work has influenced global economic policy debates and she has advised governments and internati...
Mariana Mazzucato is an Italian-American economist and professor at University College London. She is known for her research on innovation, public value, and the role of the state in economic growth. Her work has influenced global economic policy debates and she has advised governments and international organizations.
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