The Common Good Economy.
"In an economics of the common good, it is an objective we design and work on together."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/make-people-dream-build-economy-common-good-mariana-mazzucato
#mazzucato #economics #sustainability

#Peace as an Economic Strategy

"Historically, wars have driven extraordinary innovation, generating everything from the radar to the internet. A peace mission would feature the same level of ambition, but directed toward conflict prevention rather than conflict readiness. It would mobilize investments in infrastructure and programs to address the root causes of instability: food insecurity, water scarcity, and climate displacement."

#Kattel #Mazzucato #MissionEconomy

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/peacemaking-as-an-economic-strategy-investing-in-conflict-prevention-by-mariana-mazzucato-and-rainer-kattel-2025-12

I suppose the irony shouldn't be lost on us that what is commonly called #generativeAI is, e.g. in the form of currently popular proprietary LLMs, a technology that is *not generating* value but, instead, extracting value from non-/low-paid workers, only to sell it back to us as something invaluable. How about calling it #exploitativeAI rather?

Think about that before you start employing one of those popular, closed LLMs!

(A thought whilst re-reading "The Value of Everything" by #Mazzucato )

The Big Con:
How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies. Mazzucato, Mariana; Collington, Rose, eds. (2023).
https://marianamazzucato.com/books/the-big-con
#book #Mazzucato #big4 #ConsultingIndustry #State #capacity #tax #outsource #governance #accountability #PublicService #KnowHow #knowledge #dependency

Australia and the Big 4
How the big four accounting firms infiltrated governments, earning more than $10b over a decade while taxpayers are in the dark
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-17/pwc-ey-kpmg-deloitte-government-10-billion/102602370

Butler to the World:
How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals, Oliver Bullough. 2022
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250281920/butlertotheworld

Tracking how the super rich are changing the world for the rest of us, Oliver Bullough.
https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/oligarchs/
#Britain #UpperClass #crime #AntisocialBehaviour #Tycoons #TaxDodgers #Kleptocrats #Criminals

#Klimawandel, #Inflation und #Ukraine-#Krieg sowie Umwälzungen wie die #Digitalisierung zeigen, der #Staat hat auch in #Zukunft eine wichtige Rolle. #Ecolomist mit Blick auf Mariana #Mazzucato
https://awblog.at/oeffentlicher-sektor-der-ausgehungerte-staat/

..Noch absurder wird es, wenn Regierungen beginnen, ihre eigene politische #Strategieentwicklung – den politischen Prozess der Entwicklung von #Strategien – an externe #Beraterfirmen auszulagern...

#Schulden #Sparen #Fiskalpolitik #Austerität #kosten #Infrastruktur #Transformation