The big consultancy con, with Mariana Mazzucato
World Review from the New Statesman
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What Happens When Government Replaces Its Own Doing and Governance Systems With Others?
Consulting companies can go from helping to consult on problems that we think today are symptoms of some dysfunctions and modern day capitalism, like financialization. So it's almost like surfing the wave of any trend, making money along the way. The problem is not the fact that they're making money, It's that it's often without any expertise on that actual problem. When the consultants go to the center of a system or no longer on the side advising that system is what we point to.
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