Must-Read: Mariana Mazzucato and Michael Jacobs, eds.: Rethinking Capitalism

Must-Read: Mariana Mazzucato and Michael Jacobs, eds.: Rethinking Capitalism:

In Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth… some of the world’s leading economists propose new ways of thinking about capitalism….

Joseph Stiglitz, Chief Economist of the Bank of England Andy Haldane, Professor William Lazonick, Professor Carlota Perez, Mazzucato and many others…. Today’s deep economic problems reflect the inadequacies of orthodox economic theory and the failure of policies informed by it… fiscal and monetary policy, financial markets and business behaviour, inequality and privatisation, and innovation and environmental change. The authors set out alternative economic approaches which better explain how capitalism works, why it often doesn’t, and how it can be made more innovative…