Free Download Mission: Economics: A Moonshot Approach to the Economy by Mariana Mazzucato - UOC

The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of collaboration between the public sector (notably NASA) and private companies. This book asks: what if the same level of boldness - the boldness that set inspirational goals took risks and explicitly recognized that this requiresThe extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of collaboration between the public sector (notably NASA) and private companies. This book asks: what if the same level of boldness - the boldness that set inspirational goals took risks and explicitly recognized that this requires large spending but will be worthwhile in terms of long-term growth - was applied to the biggest problems of our time climate change disease and inequality to name only a few? Mariana Mazzucato argues that applying innovation to societal goals and structuring government budgets more explicitly to the long-term as the moon programme did we can do government differently.(less)

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