Mariana Mazzucato’s beguiling vision: A rethink of public policy and a return to State investments

Mariana Mazzucato is making waves these days.

The 49-year-old University of London economist has just published a new book, The Value of Everything, which calls for a rethink of public policy and a return to State investments of the sort that helped to spark great waves of innovation across the private sector in the years after the Second World War.