Mariano Matsukato is an economist and author. She holds the chair in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London. Her latest book is The Value of Everything, Making and Taking in the Global Economy. In it she argues that economists have stopped debating what is valuable. This makes it very difficult to steer economies towards sustainable growth.
Economist and author Mariana Mazzucato talks about her book The Value of Everything with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Mazzucato argues that economists have mismeasured value and have failed to appreciate the role of government as innovator. She argues for a more active role for government in the innovation process and for government to share in revenue proportional to its role in the creation of new technology.