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Watch the Livestream This keynote talk is part of JRCCPFs Tenth Annual Conference: Healing the Big Fractures in the Economy, Politics, & Society. Panel discussions about increasing investment and making growth more equitable follow this keynote. Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is the Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). Her latest book Mission Economy: A...

From moonshots to earthshots To overcome the big crises of our time, we need a mission-oriented entrepreneurial state. The Apollo programme showed how this can work NASA Read this article in German. Covid-19 has exposed the myriad weaknesses of modern capitalism. And in many countries, past cuts to social services and public health have amplified the damage wrought by the pandemic, while other self-inflicted wounds to the state have led to inadequate policy coordination ...

The pandemic has created a huge opportunity to restore mission-driven governance in the public interest.

Breakingviews 5 Min Read The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit in this July, 1969 file handout photo. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command/Service Module in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin explored the Moon. The 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is July 16 (launch) and July 20 (landing on the moon). Michael ...

Usually this week in January, global leaders, policymakers and heads of business would be heading to the Swiss Alps to share ideas on how to…

Tel: +44 (0)1937 546546 How economy, society and government can work together to build a more optimistic future. This is an online event. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck. It had no answers to a host of problems, including disease, inequality, the digital divide and, perhaps most blatantly, the environmental crisis. Mariana Mazzucato, one o...