The idea of the “Entrepreneurial State” or the “state as investor” has taken off in recent years – following the … Continue reading “Debunking the ‘State-as-Investor’”

Mariana Mazzucato is a professor of economics at University College London. She came to prominence following the publication of her … Continue reading “‘The Value of Everything’ adds up to nothing”

At the end of last year, the IEA published Forever contemporary, its monograph commemorating the life and intellectual legacy of … Continue reading “Coase and the quest for an economics of the real world”

Mariana Mazzucato is a well-known Professor of the Economics of Innovation at the University of Sussex. She advises the Labour … Continue reading “There are few things in positive economics that are settled – except that there are few things that are settled”

Jeremy Corbyn and his shadow chancellor John McDonnell are desperate to be seen as economically credible. As part of this, … Continue reading “Why the advent of an “expert committee” doesn’t make Corbynomics any less scary”

“Jeremy Corbyn wins economists’ backing for radical plan” thundered the Observer’s front page on Sunday. As I meandered around the … Continue reading “No, leading economists are not supporting Corbyn’s far-left agenda”

On 12th June, the Guardian published a letter from 79 economists, including David Blanchflower, Thomas Piketty, Mariana Mazzucato and Ha-Joon … Continue reading “Closed-minded economists”