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´Superb ... At a time when government action of any kind is ideologically suspect, and entrepreneurship is unquestioningly lionized, the book´s importance cannot be understated´ Guardian

According to conventional wisdom, innovation is best left to the dynamic entrepreneurs of the private sector, and government should get out of the way. But what if all this was wrong? What if, from Silicon Valley to medical breakthroughs, the public sector has been the boldest and most valuable risk-taker of all?

´A brilliant book´ Martin Wolf, Financial Times´One of the most incisive economic books in years´ Jeff Madrick, New York Review of Books

´Mazzucato is right to argue that the state has played a central role in producing game-changing breakthroughs´ Economist

´Read her book. It will challenge your thinking´ Forbes

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Read her book. It will challenge your thinking Forbes

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Mazzucato, Mariana
Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL) where she is also Founder and Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. She is author of the highly-acclaimed book The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths, and winner of the 2014 New Statesman SPERI Prize in Political Economy, the 2015 Hans-Matthöfer-Preis and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She advises policymakers around the world on how to deliver ´smart´, inclusive and sustainable growth. She was named as one of the ´3 most important thinkers about innovation´ in the New Republic. In 2019 she won the Madame de Sta‰l Prize.

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