Mariana Mazzucato and Lara Merling

Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London and the author, most recently, of “The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments and Warps Our Economies” (Penguin Press, 2023).

Lara Merling is a research fellow on industrial strategy at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.

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