The Value Of Everything by Mariana Mazzucato

The Value of Everything will reignite a long-needed debate about the kind of world we really want to live in.

Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of what they do? In modern capitalism, value-extraction - the siphoning off of profits, from shareholders' dividends to bankers' bonuses - is rewarded more highly than value-creation: the productive process that drives a healthy economy and society. We misidentify takers as makers, and have lost sight of what value really means. Yet, argues Mariana Mazzucato in this penetrating and passionate new book, if we are to reform capitalism we urgently need to rethink where wealth comes from. Who is creating it, who is extracting it, and who is destroying it?

Mariana Mazzucato

Reviews

“ A stimulating analysis of the underlying causes of inequality and growth which forces us to confront long-held beliefs about how economies work and who benefits ”

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

Formats & editions

Paperback

9780141980768

April 16, 2019

Penguin Press

256 pages

RRP $22.99
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The Value Of Everything

Mariana Mazzucato

EBook

9780241188828

March 1, 2018

Penguin eBooks
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