The New Pink Tide’s Favorite Economist
Presidents in Colombia, Argentina and Chile are fans of Mariana Mazzucato, who thinks the state can harness potential for innovation.
She held meetings with three presidents. She’s in a photo with a smiling Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who’s holding three of her books. Colombian President Gustavo Petro called her “one of the world’s best economists.” And the Argentine government bragged that they were the first country in Latin America to adapt her ideas into public policy. It’s hard to imagine how the Italian-American economist Mariana Mazzucato, a professor at University College London, could have gotten a warmer reception when she toured Latin America last October to announce a report she produced...
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