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, Chair of the World Health Organization’s Council on the Economics of Health For All, and a co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. 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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Governments Must Shape AI’s Future
Governments Must Shape AI’s Future
Mar 11, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Fausto Gernone urge policymakers to see themselves as proactive participants in technological innovation and market-making.
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The Algorithm and Its Discontents
The Algorithm and Its Discontents
Feb 28, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Ilan Strauss propose five principles to ensure that the digital economy serves the public good before short-term profit.
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A Progressive Green Growth Narrative
A Progressive Green Growth Narrative
Jan 19, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato offers a multi-pronged argument to counter the claim that fighting climate change is economically burdensome.
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There Is No Alternative to Green Industrial Strategy
There Is No Alternative to Green Industrial Strategy
Dec 18, 2023 Mariana Mazzucato & Greg Clark urge UK leaders to adopt a more comprehensive approach to climate and investment policies.
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Water and the High Price of Bad Economics
Water and the High Price of Bad Economics
Dec 1, 2023 Mariana Mazzucato, et al. explain why new thinking is needed to address a crisis closely linked to climate change and biodiversity loss.