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May 8, 2026
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Mariana Mazzucato Thinks We Need More Moonshots | Odd Lots
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Mariana Mazzucato
(Professor, University College London & Author, guest)
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Executive Summary
The government has historically been the primary, risk-taking investor in foundational technologies like the internet, GPS, and AI, a concept termed 'The Entrepreneurial State'.
A critical modern challenge is the 'hemorrhaging of talent' from the public sector and academia to a few large tech companies, concentrating knowledge and power and weakening the state's ability to govern complex technologies.
The speaker advocates for a 'mission-oriented' approach to policy, where government sets ambitious societal goals (like the Apollo program) and structures public-private partnerships to serve the common good, rather than simply outsourcing tasks to consultants.
Effective governance requires rebuilding internal state capacity and embedding conditions (e.g., knowledge sharing, fair pricing) into public funding for innovation to ensure the public benefits from its investments.
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