“Mazzucato bores in on how economic theories have consistently failed over its history to clearly delineate the difference between value-creation and value-extraction.” Hazel Henderson more

“Mazzucato bores in on how economic theories have consistently failed over its history to clearly delineate the difference between value-creation and value-extraction.” Hazel Henderson more
“Mariana Mazzucato argues that the state itself can be, and often has been, a tremendous force for wealth creation and radical risk taking and technological innovation” Angela Neagle more
“In this thought-provoking book, Mariana Mazzucato, professor at University College London, argues that it is far too easy for those operating in the contemporary market economy to get rich by extracting value from those who actually create it, not by adding it themselves. To understand this, we need to return to the question with which… more
“A stimulating analysis […] which forces us to confront long-held beliefs about how economies work and who benefits” Martin Wolf more
“Since the economic crisis in 2008, Mazzucato notes that the rise of entrepreneurship, along with the past deregulation of financial industries, is fueling the fire of economic inequality and an economy without value. ” Jennifer Adams more
“In The Value of Everything, Mazzucato points out our flawed economic measures. But solutions are in short supply.” Adam Tooze more
“A British economics professor is debunking again; this time, her target is the conventional wisdom that so-called wealth creators deserve to accumulate massive riches.” more
“Mazzucato not only laudes the role of ‘mission-oriented’ public investment, but hones her critique of the private sector too.” Liam Halligan more
“Someone should make a musical out of this book. That is quite unlikely, I grant you, but not as unlikely as it sounds. In 1893 the Savoy theatre staged Gilbert and Sullivan’s penultimate operetta, Utopia, Limited […] It is time to rework the idea and Mariana Mazzucato is a candidate to write the libretto.” Philip Collins pdf version more
“Mazzucato’s trenchant analysis is a compelling call to reinvent value as a key concept to help us achieve the world we all want.” Robert Costanza more