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Economics for human flourishing: a radical new vision for people and planet.
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The Common Good Economy

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    336 pages

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    8 June 2026

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Summary

Our economic system is broken. The climate crisis is accelerating. Inequality is deepening. Public trust is crumbling. Wealth concentrates in fewer hands while governments scramble to fix what markets can’t do, rather than to shape them from the outset.

For too long, economics has treated ‘the good’ - whether public goods or the commons - as merely correcting market or government failures. This economic framing traps us in an endless cycle of being reactive, patching problems rather t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241722251
ISBN-10:024172225X
Author:Mariana Mazzucato
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Allen Lane
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:8 June 2026
Dimensions:1mm x 1mm x 1mm
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About The Author

Mariana Mazzucato

Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.

Awards and Honours:

  • Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (2021) - Italy’s highest civilian honour
  • John von Neumann Award (2020)
  • All European Academies Madame de Stael Prize for Cultural Values (2019)
  • Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought (2018)
  • Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to economics (2025 King’s Birthday Honours List)
  • Appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life by Pope Francis

Memberships:

  • UK Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS)
  • Italian Academy of Sciences Lincei

Books:

  • The Entrepreneurial State (2013)
  • The Value of Everything (2018)
  • Mission Economy (2021)
  • The Big Con (2023)

Policy Roles:

  • 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
  • Member of the South African President’s Economic Advisory Council
  • Co-Chair of the Group of Experts to the Brazilian 2024 G20 Task Force for the Global Mobilization against Climate Change
  • Special Representative of President Ramaphosa to the 2025 G20 Taskforce 1 on Inclusive Economic Growth, Industrialization, Employment, and Reduced Inequality

She advises policymakers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth.

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