‘It was Plato who said storytellers rule the world,’ observes Mariana Mazzucato, her powerful voice tempered with a beaming smile, ‘But the stories we’re constantly told about how value is created are largely myths. We must rethink where wealth really comes from.’
An economics professor at University College London, Mazzucato is fast emerging as one of the world’s leading public intellectuals.
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