Mariana Mazzucato | Anthem Press, 2013 | Book
Dig in to the historical importance of the role of the state in transformative innovations, including smartphones.
Mariana Mazzucato | PublicAffairs, 2020 | Book
In The Value of Everything, I explore how our current understanding of the economy (and specifically how we have come to narrowly understand value = price) allows for value extraction to be more highly rewarded than value creation.
Mariana Mazzucato and Antonio Andreoni | Project Syndicate, 2020 | Article
In this piece, my colleague Dr. Antonio Andreoni and I argue that governments spending on a massive scale to save industries and mitigate the economic fallout from COVID-19 should be positioning their economies for a more sustainable future.
Mariana Mazzucato and Giulio Quaggiotto | Project Syndicate, 2020 | Article
Head of the Regional Innovation Center in the Asia Pacific at the United Nations Development Programme Giulio Quaggiotto and I argue that it is no coincidence that countries with mission-driven governments have fared better in the COVID-19 crisis than have countries beholden to the cult of efficiency. Effective governance, it turns out, cannot be conjured up at will, because it requires investment in state capacity.
Mariana Mazzucato | The Guardian, 2020 | Article
In this article, I make the case that government must seize the moment in having the upper hand for the first time in a generation to do capitalism differently.
Mariana Mazzucato and Els Torreele | Project Syndicate, 2020 | Article
This is a piece I wrote with Executive Director of the Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign Els Torreele on how strong health systems, adequate testing capacity and an effective, universally available vaccine will be key to protecting societies from COVID-19 — but ensuring that no one is left behind requires not just unprecedented collective investment, but also a very different approach to innovation.
Mariana Mazzucato and Azzi Momenghalibaf | New York Times, 2020 | Article
Senior program officer at the Open Society Public Health Program Azzi Momenghalibaf and I argue that, unless we fix the system, American taxpayers will get gouged on a vaccine they paid to produce.