
private sector myths (2013) which investigates the critical role the state plays in driving growth The Value of Everything: making and taking in the global economy (2018) which looks at how value creation needs to be rewarded over value extraction and the newly released Mission Economy: a moonshot guide to changing capitalism (2021). She is the author of three highly-acclaimed books: The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs.

She was named as one of the '3 most important thinkers about innovation' by The New Republic, one of the 50 most creative people in business in 2020 by Fast Company, and one of the 25 leaders shaping the future of capitalism by WIRED. The author has the stature to take on the vital issue of what's wrong with letting bankers and 1ers run the economy. 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 the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. 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 be revitalized to serve humanity and the planet. She is a selected fellow of the UK's Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and of the Italian National Science Academy (Lincei).

Her previous posts include the RM Phillips Professorial Chair at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at Sussex University. She received her BA from Tufts University and her MA and PhD from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. 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 (IIPP).
