Ep 4. Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy
Jeffrey Sachs
Economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, UN advisor, and global leader in sustainable development.
Getting to the moon in the 1960s required innovations in aeronautics, electronics, nutrition, materials, and software. Professor Mariana Mazzucato of University College London reminds us that the many challenges we face to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals will require similar innovations. We need our own moonshot missions to address climate change, poverty and inequality reduction, universal health and education, and more.
In this episode, Prof. Mazzucato joins the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs to discuss her new book, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism. She helps us to think about what capitalism and markets do and should look like; the implications of private sector innovations funded by public money; best practices for public institutions to achieve inclusive sustainable growth; and what is being accomplished with the European COVID-19 recovery plans and the European Green Deal.
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CEO and Founder, Institute for Energy Research
3 年Industrial wind turbines? Please talk to the neighbors about these unwelcome monsters.
Psychologist * Climate Educator * Futures Researcher * President, World Futures Studies Federation (2009-2017). Adjunct Professor, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS. World's Top 50 Women Futurists (Forbes)
3 年And the finance that's out there goes to the wrong things. Less than 1% of Australian philanthropy is spent on the environment. And only a fraction of that is spent on the Ocean. Jeffrey Sachs Jennifer Gidley Earle de Blonville, FRGS Oceanic Research Institute: Pioneering Sustainable Oceanic Research #Ocean #Climate #SDG14 #SDG13
Head of Sustainability Consulting at Forvis Mazars in Ireland
3 年Brilliant podcast series, every episode landing so well, they are all connected in one way or another. Thankyou Jeffrey Sachs.
Associate Professor, Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD
3 年Hi Jeffrey Sachs long time no see! (CIIM and UCD to help you with context) It could be interesting to have a session dedicated to the new edition of Charles Eisentein's book Sacred Economics https://charleseisenstein.org/books/sacred-economics/ Charles is a deep, original and provocative thinker and writer and i would guess that at least some of his ideas would resonate with you. Happy to make the connection if it is of interest. Friends of Charles Eisenstein