Business Daily meets: Mariana Mazzucato
The economist on why she thinks consultancy firms are weakening business and governments
Business Daily · BBC World Service
March 1, 202418m 28s
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Show Notes
The world's major consulting firms make an estimated trillion dollars a year, directing governments and businesses on how best to govern.
But the economist Mariana Mazzucato argues that outsourcing the brain power of governments to private firms is a dangerous trend.
Ed Butler asks her why she thinks it isn't money well spent.
(Picture: Mariana Mazzucato. Credit: Getty Images)
Presented and produced by Ed Butler