State of innovation: Busting the private-sector myth

Mariana Mazzucato
https://www.newscientist.com, 2013
Level: beginner
Topic: Innovation & Technology, North-South Relations & Development
Format: Blog & Press
Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929310-200-state-of-innovation-busting-the-private-sector-myth/

First, the article discusses the state’s influence in driving innovation through finanicial support of new enterprises. Second, it is giving examples on how the state could get back some of its initial investment in order to keep on driving innovation in the future.


Comment from our editors:

Mariana Mazzucato’s TED talk is a good source of background information for this article. At first, one could watch her talk. Afterwards, one could read this article. This enables the reader to understand this article in a broader economic perspective.

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