We can do it again to fix our problems and improve the lives of every one of us. That means changing government tools and culture, creating new markers of corporate governance, and ensuring that corporations, society, and the government coalesce to share a common goal. We can only begin to find answers if we fundamentally restructure capitalism to make it inclusive, sustainable, and driven by innovation that tackles concrete problems. We need to think bigger and mobilize our resources in a way that is as bold as inspirational as the moon landing-this time to the most ‘wicked’ social problems of our time. Mission Economy looks at the grand challenges facing us in a radically new way. To solve the massive crises facing us, we must be innovative - we must use collaborative, mission-oriented thinking while also bringing a stakeholder view of public private partnerships which means not only taking risks together but also sharing the rewards. Mission Economy looks at the grand challenges facing us in a radically new way, arguing that we must rethink the capacities and role of government within the economy and society, and above all recover a sense of public purpose. Mission Economy (this book) is where Mariana Mazzucato puts a fearsome stake in the ground and gives us a clear and succinct path through which capitalism can. Policy makers will want to take note.' - Publishers Weekly 'One of the world's most influential economists is on a mission to save capitalism from itself.' - Quartz 'The debates Mazzucato has been trying to open for years are now unavoidable. Taking her inspiration from the ‘moonshot’ programmes which successfully coordinated public and private sectors on a massive scale, Mariana Mazzucato calls for the same level of boldness and experimentation to be applied to the biggest problems of our time. Mazzucato unearths a plethora of intriguing case studies to back up her claims. It had no answers to a host of problems, including disease, inequality, the digital divide and, perhaps most blatantly, the environmental crisis. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck.

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