STRINGS ATTACHED: designing better bailouts – Common Wealth’s Adrienne Buller and economist Mariana Mazzucato discuss the conditions they’d like to see over here. AND Former table tennis champion turned best-selling author Matthew Syed chats about his book on the importance of diverse thinking. more
“‘And then there’s this idea of linking what we do to people. The idea of the missions, which comes from the work of the economist Mariana Mazzucato, is exactly to create ways of communicating better to the people what we do (in European science and research)” Carlos Moedas more
“La idea de que el crecimiento económico no solo tiene una tasa sino una dirección, y que la innovación orientada por misiones debe estar al centro de las estrategias de crecimiento, está dando la vuelta al mundo, con la economista Mariana Mazzucato como una de sus principales promotoras.” more
“Mazzucato mostly writes about technological and industrial innovations… which vividly illustrates particular ways in which the two sectors are played out against each other. I was hoping this book would inform the way I, as a non-expert, think about links between both spheres and perhaps better grasp how tax avoidance and inequality fit into the… more
“There you have it: nobody but the “Entrepreneurial State,” through approaches already successfully tested in the US or novel ones, can afford to be crazy enough, foolish enough, to fund curiosity-driven research, basic research, fundamental research, whatever you want to call it!” Dr. Jean-Claude Worms more
“One of the most interesting thinkers out there right now is Mariana Mazzucato, who studies what she calls “the entrepreneurial state” and innovation.” more
“Only Labour can create what the innovation economist Mariana Mazzucato calls the entrepreneurial state: a bold, risk-taking government that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with business in the creation of new jobs and industries.” Chi Onwurah more
“Mme Mazzucato, donc, considère qu’il est grand temps de réinventer le capitalisme, en veillant à ce que tout un chacun en bénéficie, et non plus une infime partie des gens au détriment de la majorité des autres.” more
“Of course the Tories are finding it difficult to even begin to imagine how an invigorated, entrepreneurial state could work to help create jobs, investment, skills, security and prosperity for all.” Chi Onwurah MP more
“Apple added technology integration and design, but did none of the innovation heavy lifting. Mazzucato concludes that the State, not private firms, is the real disruptive agent.” Alberto Cottica more