‘Make people dream’: how to build an economy for the common good

Economist Prof Mariana Mazzucato says governments must ‘get back their mojo’ and believe they can change the world Good governments have a vision. They know what they want to achieve, can articulate why, and work out in public how to get there. They don’t just spout slogans about economic growth – because growth is meaningless unless we know what it is for. They understand that there is no trade-off between solving social problems and boosting the economy, and aim to do both, while avoiding rigid fiscal rules that defeat their own purpose by strangling public investment. If this sounds like a

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