Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.
She is winner of international prizes including the Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2021, Italy's highest civilian honour, the 2020 John von Neumann Award, the 2019 All European Academies Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values, and 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. Most recently, Pope Francis appointed her to the Pontifical Academy for Life for bringing ‘more humanity’ to the world.
She is the author of The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths (2013), The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (2018), Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (2021), and most recently The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies (2023). She advises policymakers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. Her roles include Chair of the World Health Organization's Council on the Economics of Health for All, Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, and a member of the South African President’s Economic Advisory Council.
Proteger el ciclo global del agua puede ayudarnos a alcanzar muchos de los ODS. Las asociaciones público-privadas pueden aportar soluciones innovadoras para un futuro sostenible.
Protecting the global water cycle can help us achieve many of the SDGs. Here's how public-partnerships can unlock innovative solutions for a sustainable future.
Water-related crises around the world show that current systems of water governance and management are unsuited for a world altered by global warming.
Mariana Mazzucato, Professor at the University College London, shows how policymakers can partner with business leaders to cause meaningful change.
Global leaders are now facing questions about the immediate economic recovery, as well as assumptions that drove global economic relations for decades.
Three leading economists present the idea that a universal testing strategy could bring the coronavirus crisis to an end in a matter of months.
Para garantizar que nadie se quede atrás en la carrera por crear una vacuna contra el coronavirus se requiere inversión colectiva e innovación, escriben Mariana Mazzucato y Els Toreele.
Ensuring no one is left behind in the race to create a coronavirus vaccine requires collective investment, and innovation, write Mariana Mazzucato and Els Toreele.
Economist Mariana Mazzucato believes that the COVID-19 pandemic will shine light onto societal and economic systems all across the world, exposing some of the flaws of a capitalist society.
If they are well structured and governed, public investment banks can be powerful catalysts for investment-led growth. But governments that establish such institutions should adhere to fo...
It's time to stop viewing economic success from a purely monetary perspective, and looking at the larger collective value of business, government and civil society.
For too long, the value of economic activity has been measured purely by its price. We need to recognize that value is created collectively by business, government and civil society.
Mariana Mazzucato highlights the role of the public sector in building a low-carbon future.
