{"title":"Books by Mariana Mazzucato","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780141986104","title":"The Entrepreneurial State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: UPDATED WITH A NEW PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant book' Martin Wolf, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most incisive economic books in years' Jeff Madrick, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mazzucato is right to argue that the state has played a central role in producing game-changing breakthroughs' \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Read her book. 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Taking her inspiration from the 'moonshot' programmes which successfully co-ordinated public and private sectors on a massive scale, Mariana Mazzucato calls for the same level of boldness and experimentation to be applied to the biggest problems of our time. We must, she argues, rethink the capacities and role of government within the economy and society, and above all recover a sense of public purpose. \u003ci\u003eMission Economy\u003c\/i\u003e, whose ideas are already being adopted around the world, offers a way out of our impasse to a more optimistic future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56225055539573,"sku":"9780141991689","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"9780141980768","title":"The Value of Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2019 MADAME DE STAËL PRIZE AND THE 2018 LEONTIEF PRIZE FOR ADVANCING THE FRONTIERS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE FT \u0026amp; MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of what they do? At the heart of today's financial and economic crisis is a problem hiding in plain sight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn modern capitalism, value-extraction is rewarded more highly than value-creation: the productive process that drives a healthy economy and society. From companies driven solely to maximize shareholder value to astronomically high prices of medicines justified through big pharma's 'value pricing', we misidentify taking with making, and have lost sight of what value really means. Once a central plank of economic thought, this concept of value - what it is, why it matters to us - is simply no longer discussed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet, argues Mariana Mazzucato in this penetrating and passionate new book, if we are to reform capitalism - radically to transform an increasingly sick system rather than continue feeding it - we urgently need to rethink where wealth comes from. Which activities create it, which extract it, which destroy it? Answers to these questions are key if we want to replace the current parasitic system with a type of capitalism that is more sustainable, more symbiotic - that works for us all. \u003ci\u003eThe Value of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e reigniteS a long-needed debate about the kind of world we really want to live in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56225149911413,"sku":"9780141980768","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141980768_bbd2afc0-547d-4663-9710-fb4c66cf2c6b.jpg?v=1786011808"},{"product_id":"9781802060263","title":"The Big Con","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain \u0026amp; Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY stunts innovation, obfuscates corporate and political accountability and impedes our collective mission of halting climate breakdown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 'Big Con' describes the confidence trick the consulting industry performs in contracts with hollowed-out and risk-averse governments and shareholder value-maximizing firms. It grew from the 1980s and 1990s in the wake of reforms by both the neoliberal right and Third Way progressives, and it thrives on the ills of modern capitalism, from financialization and privatization to the climate crisis. It is possible because of the unique power that big consultancies wield through extensive contracts and networks - as advisors, legitimators and outsourcers - and the illusion that they are objective sources of expertise and capacity. To make matters worse, our best and brightest graduates are often redirected away from public service into consulting. In all these ways, the Big Con weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMazzucato and Collington expertly debunk the myth that consultancies always add value to the economy. With a wealth of original research, they argue brilliantly for investment and collective intelligence \u003ci\u003ewithin\u003c\/i\u003e all organizations and communities, and for a new system in which public and private sectors work innovatively for the common good. We must recalibrate the role of consultants and rebuild economies and governments that are fit for purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307255837045,"sku":"9781802060263","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781802060263_f6ffa912-f3b1-46c9-b368-c38d6537342f.jpg?v=1786026803"},{"product_id":"9780241722244","title":"The Common Good Economy","description":"The world-leading economist envisions a 'common good compass' to help navigate our economies in a radically different direction - one that works for everyoneOur 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 commons – as merely correcting market or government failures. This economic framing traps us in an endless cycle of being reactive, patching problems rather than proactively building the economy we need.   In The Common Good Economy, Mariana Mazzucato builds on her visionary ideas of the entrepreneurial state and mission-oriented policies to establish a new theory of the common good, one which allows governments and businesses to develop purposeful economic relationships, creating value and building spaces where human flourishing can happen. She argues that how we achieve collective goals – through collective action, participation and reciprocity – matters as much as what those goals are. The book provides a practical 'common good compass' to help navigate our economies in a radically different direction.   Full of compelling real-world examples, from governing water to transforming procurement and finance, this is a rigorous reimagining of economics and a manifesto for a future economy that serves people and the planet. It could not be more timely.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56367872835957,"sku":"9780241722244","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57682828886389,"sku":"9781802067514","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241722244_4ab1dad9-4f9c-40fc-a953-3816bcde72c0.jpg?v=1792511661"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-mariana-mazzucato.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}