Mariana Mazzucato

A vital and timely investigation into how the consulting industry has made its way to the heart of our economies and governments—and what to do about it. There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and hollowed-out, risk-averse governments and shareholder value-maximizing firms. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston...

The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato offers a compelling and provocative re-examination of the common beliefs about innovation and the roles of the public and private sectors in fostering economic growth. This bestselling exposé unveils the often-overlooked role of the state in driving groundbreaking advancements and highlights the dangers of ignoring this critical truth. Conventional wisdom suggests that innovation thrives...

A dramatic and powerful call for a new approach to society and government, using the determined co-ordination of the moon landings as a blueprint for change. The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of collaboration between the public sector (notably, NASA) and private...

A new intellectual foundation for what 'good' looks like Our economic system is broken. The climate crisis is accelerating. Inequality is deepening. Public trust is crumbling. Wealth concentrates in fewer hands while governments scramble to fix what markets can't do, rather than to shape them from the outset. For too long, economics has treated 'the good'—whether public goods or the...

'A stimulating analysis of the underlying causes of inequality and growth which forces us to confront long-held beliefs about how economies work and who benefits' Martin Wolf, Financial Times Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of what they do? In modern capitalism, value-extraction—the siphoning off of profits, from shareholders' dividends to bankers'...