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Mariana Mazzucato

Mariana Francesca Mazzucato (born June 16, 1968) is an Italian–American-British economist and academic. She is a professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL) and founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). She is best known for her work on dynamics of technological change, the role of the public sector in innovation (including modern “mission-oriented” policies), and the concept of value in economics. ''The New Republic'' have called her one of the "most important thinkers about innovation".

Mazzucato has published widely in the fields of innovation economics, value theory and political economy, and more recently on climate change and the triple planetary crisis. She the author of various books, including ''The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths'', ''The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy'', and ''Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism.'' Her latest book, ''The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our governments and Warps our Economies'', co-authored with Rosie Collington, analyses the problematic relationship of the consulting industry to businesses and government administrations.

Her career has emphasised translating economic ideas into policy and she holds numerous high-level policy roles. Mazzucato is currently a member of the UNESCO High Level Expert Group on Ecosystem Level AI Governance, and member of the WEF Centre for the New Economy and Society Advisory Board. She was also appointed member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) of South Africa by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2019. Previous roles include co-chairing the [https://g20.gov.br/en/tracks/sherpa-track/climate-change Group of Experts on the G20 Taskforce for the Global Mobilization against Climate Change] alongside Dr. Vera Songwe, co-chairing the [https://watercommission.org Global Commission on the Economics of Water](GCEW) with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Johan Rockström and Singapore Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam; chair of the World Health Organization's Council on the Economics of Health for All, a member of the Scottish Government's Council of Economic Advisers, and the United Nations' High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs.

In 2021, in recognition of her contributions to economic theory and policy, Mazzucato received the Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana from the Italian President, Italy's highest civilian honour. Provided by Wikipedia