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Mariana Mazzucato: Rethinking Capitalism

The first session from the 2016 Festival of Economics in Bristol was a presentation by Prof Mazzucato from the University of Sussex.

  1. EJ_RES
    The Economic Journal@EJ_RES
    Rethinking capitalism - @MazzucatoM speaking @FestivalofIdeas #economicsfest tonight 15 Nov #Bristol:  http://ow.ly/peuX3066qHl 
    a year ago
  2. econromesh
    Romesh Vaitilingam@econromesh
    New ways of thinking about capitalism, @MazzucatoM speaking @FestivalofIdeas #economicsfest:  http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk/events/mariana-mazzucato/ …
    a year ago
  3. jcmondragon
    Juan C Mondragón ن@jcmondragon
    Looking forward to @MazzucatoM's talk hosted by @FestivalofIdeas #economicsfest
    a year ago
  4. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    .@MazzucatoM : economics has taken a simplified, static approach to studying a complex, varied, dynamic system #economicsfest
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  5. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    .@MazzucatoM Myth that 2008 crisis came from public debt. Instead: private debt, debt-driven consumption & lack of investment #economicsfest
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  6. at yet another #bfoi event - today: Mariana Mazzucato opens the festival of economics https://t.co/Vw3aAFRhOf
    at yet another #bfoi event - today: Mariana Mazzucato opens the festival of economics pic.twitter.com/Vw3aAFRhOf
    Holly Jones@hollium
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  7. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    Mazzucato: before crash, profits were at record levels, but "financialised" eg used in share buyouts, rather than invested. #economicsfest
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  8. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    Mazzucato: economic growth has direction as well as rate. Direction affects our reaction to big problems like climate change. #economicsfest
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  9. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    Mazzucato: "free" markets are shaped by cultural & institutional factors eg worker relations, that vary around world. #economicsfest
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  10. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    Mazzucato: The economics discipline has an amnesia: students don't read theories of value more than a few decades old. #economicsfest
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  11. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    Mazzucato: Venture capital works only on short time scale. Big advances in productivity - IT, biotech - are enabled by policy #economicsfest
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  12. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    Mazzucato: Negativity about role of the State weakens state institutions by discouraging the most talented job applicants. #economicsfest
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  13. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    Mazzucato: Brexit & Trump movements blame foreigners & trade for inequality. Real causes close to home: corporate, tax policy #economicsfest
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  14. economics_net
    Economics Network@economics_net
    Mazzucato criticises curriculum division between "economics" & "history of economic thought": prefers "alternative theories". #economicsfest
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  15. Got worried in elevator when I thought my #economicsfest talk had to cover a bit too much ground....@FestivalofIdeas https://t.co/7cl0cWgtZv
    Got worried in elevator when I thought my #economicsfest talk had to cover a bit too much ground....@FestivalofIdeas pic.twitter.com/7cl0cWgtZv
    Mariana Mazzucato@MazzucatoM
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    a year ago
  16. FestivalofIdeas
    Festival of Ideas@FestivalofIdeas
    We *did* cover a lot of ground with Mariana but not this much! #economicsfest  https://twitter.com/mazzucatom/status/798661861025742848 …
    a year ago