Martin Wolf interviews Mariana Mazzucato: Can the state innovate?
How should governments take on bold challenges such as climate change?
The Economics Show · Financial Times
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Show Notes
In 1962, then US president John F Kennedy committed his nation to reaching the Moon before the decade was up. It was a huge undertaking, but one that ultimately succeeded, and also produced technologies such as camera phones and baby formula along the way. But have governments today lost the confidence and knowhow needed to undertake such ambitious challenges? That’s the contention of today’s guest, Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London. She believes states need to rediscover mission-purpose and take the lead in solving problems such as climate change, pandemics or water scarcity.
Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. You can find his column here
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