The Entrepreneurial State

Read her book. It will challenge your thinking * Forbes *One of the most incisive economics books in years * New York Review of Books *This book has a controversial thesis. But it is basically right * Financial Times *

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. She is the winner of numerous international prizes, including the Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Italy’s highest civilian honor), the John von Neumann Award, the All European Academies Madame de Stael Prize for Cultural Values, and the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.

She is a member of the UK Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and the Italian Academy of Sciences Lincei. In 2025, she was appointed Commander of the British Empire for services to economics. Pope Francis appointed her to the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Her award-winning books include:

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

She advises policymakers globally on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. Her policy 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, 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, and Special Representative of President Ramaphosa to the 2025 G20 Taskforce 1 on Inclusive Economic Growth, Industrialization, Employment, and Reduced Inequality.