Entrepreneurial State
£10.99
Mariana Mazzucato debunks the myth of the state as a static bureaucratic organization only needed for the ‘basics’ and to ‘fix’ market failures, leaving dynamic entrepreneurship and innovation to the private sector. Case studies, from the Internet to the green revolution, reveal the opposite situation, whereby the private sector only invests after the entrepreneurial state has made the high-risk bold investments.
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‘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’ Guardian
According 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?
‘A brilliant book’ Martin Wolf, Financial Times
‘One of the most incisive economic books in years’ Jeff Madrick, New York Review of Books
‘Mazzucato is right to argue that the state has played a central role in producing game-changing breakthroughs’ Economist
‘Read her book. It will challenge your thinking’ Forbes
| Weight | 0.213 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.9 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 288 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 338.9 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
