Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of what they do? In modern capitalism,
value-extraction is rewarded more highly than
value-creation: the productive process that drives a healthy economy and
society. Yet, argues Mazzucato in this
penetrating and passionate new book, if we are to reform capitalism we urgently need to rethink where wealth comes from.
Will reignite a long-needed debate about the kind of world we really want to live in.