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ITHACA — Both anxiety and hope are increasing in the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. There is anxiety because, barring a handful of the willfully blind, we can all see the damage we are doing to the planet. Fires, floods and rising sea levels are creating havoc around the world, while environmental destruction and the resulting

If we want to leave a livable planet to future generations, we must understand why there may be a disjuncture between promises and what is actually delivered to fix climate change.

LONDON — The Washington Consensus is on its way out. In a report released this week, the G-7 Economic Resilience Panel (where I represent Italy) demands a radically different relationship between the public and private sectors to create a sustainable, equitable, and resilient economy. When G-20 leaders gather on October 30-31 to discuss how to “overcome the great challenges of

LONDON — The Washington Consensus is on its way out. In a report released this week, the G-7 Economic Resilience Panel (where I represent Italy) demands a radically different relationship between the public and private sectors to create a sustainable, equitable, and resilient economy. When G-20 leaders gather on October 30-31 to discuss how to “overcome the great challenges of

Mission-driven localities By Mariana Mazzucato and Georgia Gould LONDON — “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody,” the American urbanist Jane Jacobs once observed, “only because, and only when, they are created by everybody”. Today, we need to apply that snippet of wisdom to post-COVID-19 policymaking. If recovery from the pandemic is not felt in the places where people live their lives, it will not be a success, and will not tackle the fundamental inequaliti...

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021 The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021 by Kathryn Haviland 30 Jun 2021|by Kathryn Haviland Looking for your next beach read? HBS faculty members share their summer reading lists, pulling from the worlds of technology, history, and science fiction. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I recently read When They Call You a Terrorist, a deeply powerful memoir by Patrisse Cullors, the founder of the Bla...

Government partnership with big business created the internet and cell phones - an economist says it can deliver a new generation of innovations, too insider@insider.com (Paul Constant) © Getty Images Getty Images Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In the latest episode, they spoke with economist Mariana Mazzucato on governments role in the economy. Mazzucato says collaboration bet...

Getty Images Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In the latest episode, they spoke with economist Mariana Mazzucato on governments role in the economy. Mazzucato says collaboration between government and corporations can boost economic "outcomes as opposed to just output." When you trim away all the complications and high-minded theories, the single mission statement o...

Government Executive email Big Government Is Back. Is the Civil Service Ready? The administration must seriously consider whether the civil service is equipped to effectively implement Biden’s vision. A new book offers guidance. During my 40 plus years in Washington, I have seen the pendulum swing from “big government” to “small government” and back again many times. Big government in. Big government out. Privatization in. Privatization out. Contracting out in. Contrac...

In the Biden era, the Reaganite consensus is finally breaking down. Illustration by Tim Lahan In a 1981 speech to the boards of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, President Ronald Reagan expressed one of the central ideas of the coming era. “The societies which have achieved the most spectacular, broad-based economic progress … believe in the magic of the marketplace.” I have long thought that this and many other Reagan speeches were extraordinary examples of what Michael San...