Mariana Mazzucato: Can Nations Be Entrepreneurs?
Inequality, climate crisis and disease: three epic challenges for our times. According to Mariana Mazzucato, innovation by governments is essential to inspire public-private cooperation and bring about change from the bottom up. Meet the Professor of Economics and Director of UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, whose new book Mission Economy sets out a radical new vision for the state’s role in innovation.
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Book Festival reveals first author events for 2024Sunday 14 April
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