
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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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.
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Unlocking Health Technology’s Potential for All
Unlocking Health Technology’s Potential for All
Oct 24, 2023 Mariana Mazzucato explains how to ensure more equitable global access to critical innovations like mRNA vaccines.
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Auto Strikes and Climate Change
Auto Strikes and Climate Change
Sep 23, 2023 Mariana Mazzucato & Damon Silvers explain why the transition to a net-zero economy cannot happen without worker empowerment.
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Rethinking Growth and Revisiting the Entrepreneurial State
Rethinking Growth and Revisiting the Entrepreneurial State
Aug 28, 2023 Mariana Mazzucato urges governments to focus more on the direction and nature of economic development, rather than just its pace.
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What Local Governments Need to Lead
What Local Governments Need to Lead
Jul 4, 2023 Mariana Mazzucato & James Anderson announce a new initiative to catalogue and publicize municipal capacities and outstanding needs.