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, Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, and Co-Chair of the Group of Experts to the G20 Taskforce for a Global Mobilization Against Climate Change. She was Chair of the World Health Organization’s Council on the Economics of Health For All. 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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What the G20 Can Do for Green Growth
What the G20 Can Do for Green Growth
Oct 23, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Vera Songwe explain how the world’s premier economic grouping can keep global climate targets on track.
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The Water-Security Crisis
The Water-Security Crisis
Sep 9, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato, et al. call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.
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The Water-Security Crisis
The Water-Security Crisis
Sep 6, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato, et al. call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.
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Carnival Economics
Carnival Economics
Aug 22, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Alvaro Barrington argue that the prevailing policymaking model is largely blind to the immense value of the arts and culture.
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Collective Intelligence and the Common Good
Collective Intelligence and the Common Good
Aug 5, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato worries that a new buzzword is perpetuating a costly myth about how innovation and value creation work.