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Mariana Mazzucato: The space race and our economic futures

Stephen Sackur speaks to the economist Mariana Mazzucato, whose faith in the transformational power of the proactive state has made her the go-to adviser to a host of governments.

What is the galvanising force behind transformational economic change? Capitalism encourages us to look to the raw power of markets as the driver of innovation. But is that really true? Stephen Sackur speaks to the economist Mariana Mazzucato. Her faith in the transformational power of the proactive state has made her the go-to adviser to a host of governments. Does her "moonshot" economics ignore some earthly realities?

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