The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths. This item is unavailable.The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths

In this sharp and controversial exposé, Mariana Mazzucato debunks the pervasive myth that the state is a laggard, bureaucratic apparatus at odds with a dynamic private sector. She reveals in detailed case studies, including a riveting chapter on the iPhone, that the opposite is true: the state is, and has been, our boldest and most valuable innovator. Denying this history is leading us down the wrong path. A select few get credit for what is an intensely collective effort, and the US government has started disinvesting from innovation. The repercussions could stunt economic growth and increase inequality. Mazzucato teaches us how to reverse this trend before it is too late.

Professor Mariana Mazzucato (Ph.D.) holds the RM Phillips chair in the Economics of Innovation at SPRU in the University of Sussex. She has held academic positions at the University of Denver, London Business School, Open University, and Bocconi University. Professor Mazzucato is winner of the 2014 New Statesman SPERI Prize in Political Economy and the 2015 Hans-Matthöfer-Preis. In 2013 the New Republic called her one of the'3 most important thinkers about innovation'. She advises policy-makers around the world on innovation-led growth and is a member of the Scottish Government's Council of Economic Advisers, the UK Labour Party's Economic Advisory Committee, the World Economic Forum's Council on the Economics of Innovation and the European Commission's expert group on Innovation for Growth (RISE). Her 2013 TED Global talk, with more than 700,000 views.