{"product_id":"the-common-good-economy-how-to-make-capitalism-work-for-us-all","title":"The Common Good Economy: How to Make Capitalism Work for Us All","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mazzucato's latest is another ambitious and thought-provoking contribution to the live debate about the future of capitalism and the responsibilities of government.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A great book on how to rebuild the economy and our society by putting the common good at the center. A vital read.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Piketty, New York Times bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mariana Mazzucato has taught us to reenvision the relationship between markets and states and has for years shaped the work of governments around the world with her economics. Now, she is laying out a compass for an economy structured around the common good for all. This is an impressive book steeped in theory and practical experience that inspires hope in this dark time. A must read for anyone fighting for a better future.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabella Weber, author of Anti-Fascist Economics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMariana Mazzucato\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, CBE, FREcon) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation \u0026amp; Public Purpose. She is winner of international prizes including the Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2021, Italy's highest civilian honour; the 2020 John von Neumann Award; the 2019 All European Academies Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values; and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She is a member of the UK Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and the Italian Academy of Sciences Lincei. In 2025, she was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to economics in the King's Birthday Honours List. Pope Francis appointed her to the Pontifical Academy for Life for bringing \"more humanity\" to the world. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her award-winning books include: \n\u003ci\u003eThe Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \n\u003ci\u003eThe Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \n\u003ci\u003eMission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and \n\u003ci\u003e The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). She advises policymakers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. Her policy roles include: Chair of the World Health Organization's Council on the Economics of Health for All, Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, member of the South African President's Economic Advisory Council, Co-Chair of the Group of Experts to the Brazilian 2024 G20 Task Force for the Global Mobilization against Climate Change, and Special Representative of President Ramaphosa to the 2025 G20 Taskforce 1 on Inclusive Economic Growth, Industrialization, Employment, and Reduced Inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"She offers something contemporary centre-left politics badly craves--not just policies, but a story about what governments are for.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Common Good Economy\u003c\/i\u003e, Mariana Mazzucato rejects the false choice between economic progress and wellbeing and makes a compelling case that the future economy will be shaped by the decisions we make today. Few economic thinkers have more clearly illuminated the shortcomings of conventional economic thinking--or offered a more ambitious and actionable vision for moving forward together.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather Boushey, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In a world increasingly characterized by pessimism and fear, this book provides a much-needed positive perspective on how economies can be shaped towards the common good. This is not a Utopian ideal: it is possible with the collective efforts of workers and civil society to reorient economic governance in very specific ways. Once again, Mariana Mazzucato provides a vision and a road map to push us from passivity to action.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts Amherst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ambitious.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mazzucato argues that people can actively shape economic decisions and not just endure their consequences.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Entrepreneurial State \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMission Economy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e, an inspiring call to solve our deepest challenges--from inequality to climate change--by embracing a radical new approach to economics and the economy.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A vital read.\" --Thomas Piketty, \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether it's the water crisis, widespread poverty, or the next global pandemic, the problems that threaten humanity require collective action. But policymakers are confronting these problems armed with economic models that are missing one crucial element: They do not treat the common good as an objective worth achieving. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this ambitious and timely book, economist Mariana Mazzucato issues a corrective to prevailing economic thinking by defining a new theory of economics with the common good at its center. She shows how to go beyond fixing markets around the edges and instead reshape them to embody principles of reciprocity rather than extraction, and collectivism rather than individualism. It is not enough, she argues, to talk about \"public goods\" and the \"commons\"; we must truly achieve the \"common good.\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on wide-ranging philosophical traditions and global examples where seeds of the common good are found, Mazzucato reveals how common-good economics can help systematically transform how we build community and an economy that serves all. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Common Good Economy\u003c\/i\u003e is a stirring call for governments, the private sector, and everyday people to act boldly to achieve the greater good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Basic Venture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496060420374,"sku":"9781541609341","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781541609341.jpg?v=1783052223","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-common-good-economy-how-to-make-capitalism-work-for-us-all","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}