# Mission Economy

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- Book: [Mission Economy](https://www.bookquiver.com/mariana-mazzucato/mission-economy) ([Mission Economy.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mariana-mazzucato/mission-economy.md))
- Authors: [Mariana Mazzucato](https://www.bookquiver.com/mariana-mazzucato)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4141-974-8
- Published: 2021-01-28
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of collaboration between the public sector (notably, NASA) and private companies. This book asks: what if the same level of boldness - the boldness that set inspirational goals, took risks and explicitly recognized that this requires large spending but will be worthwhile in terms of long-term growth - was applied to the biggest problems of our time, climate change, disease and inequality, to name only a few? Mariana Mazzucato argues that applying innovation to societal goals and structuring government budgets more explicitly to the long-term, as the moon programme did, we can do government differently.