Book Review of Mariana Mazzucato's (2014). The entrepreneurial state: debunking the myth of the public sector vs. the private sector

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/nocsi.v0i5.94693

Keywords:

Economics of Innovation, Innovation Studies, Public Policies, Entrepreneurial State, Mariana Mazzucato

Abstract

The Italian economist Mariana Mazzucato aims to dispel the commonly associated image of the state in theoretical and political discourse, which tends to portray it as a bureaucratic, inefficient entity, expensive for society. Her book is a necessary contribution to the debate on the role of the state and the limitations of the market as an agent capable of solving socioeconomic problems and challenges on its own. The last four decades have marked the rise of neoliberalism as the obligatory economic framework worldwide, leading to an increasing questioning of the state’s role in the economy and perception of it as unnecessary. Mazzucato’s meticulous argumentation contributes to retrieving evidence to clarify this debate and to understand the fundamental role that the state and public funding have been playing in the innovation process of major corporations.

Author Biographies

Carolina Bagattolli, Economics Department, Graduation Programme on Public Policies, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba

Graduated in Economics at the Regional University of Blumenau (FURB, Brazil), master and PhD in Science and Technology Policy at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp, Brazil), specialist in Public Strategic Management and in Social Economy and Social Technology (Unicamp). She is currently associated professor at the Department of Economics and the Public Policy Post-Graduate Program (4P), both at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, Brazil). Her research areas include analysis of public policies, stakeholder analysis and mimesis in the public policy – mainly on the Science, Technology and Innovation area; the study of innovative behavior on the part of the business sector in different countries, Latin American thinking on Science, Technology and Society, Social Economy and the field of Social Technology.

Larissa Naves de Deus Dornelas, Economics Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba

Graduated in Economics at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Master and PHD in Economics at the Federal University of Uberlândia (PPGE/UFU). She is currently an associated professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Paraná. His research areas include macroeconomics, monetary economics and international economics.

Luis Claudio Krajevski, Economics Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba

Graduated in Economics at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Master in Economic Development (UFPR) and Doctorate in Regional Development (FURB). He is currently an associated professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Paraná and the Public Policy Post-Graduate Program (4P), both at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). His research areas include regional development, uneven development, Paraná economy, public policies and economic history.

Dayane Rocha de Pauli, Economics Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba

Graduated in Economics at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), master and PhD in Economics Development at the Federal University of Paraná (PPGDE/UFPR). She participated in the Center for benefit-Cost Studies of Education-CBCSE group at Teacher's College at Columbia University as a Visiting Doctoral Student (Doctorate-Sandwich funded by the PDSE Program-Sandwich Doctoral Program Abroad at CAPES). She is currently associated professor and head of the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, Brazil). Her research areas include economic statistics; financial math; Investment analysis; feasibility projects; econometrics; evaluation of social programs; industrial economy. She is currently working in university extension with topics on entrepreneurship.

Wellington Pereira, Economics Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba

Associated professor at the Department of Economics, Public Policy Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Parana (PPPP/UFPR), Curitiba/Brazil. Graduated in Economics (UNESP), Master in Economic Development (UFPR) and Doctorate in Public Policies (UFPR)

Ricardo Lobato Torres, Economics Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba

Graduated in Economics at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), master’s in economics at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and PhD in Economics of Industry and Technology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is currently associated professor at Department of Economics and the Public Policy Post-Graduate Program (4P), both at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). His Research areas includes economics of innovation, industrial organization, and industrial policies.

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Published

2024-02-28

How to Cite

Bagattolli, C., Naves de Deus Dornelas, L., Krajevski, L. C., Rocha de Pauli, D., Pereira, W., & Lobato Torres, R. (2024). Book Review of Mariana Mazzucato’s (2014). The entrepreneurial state: debunking the myth of the public sector vs. the private sector. NOvation - Critical Studies of Innovation, (5), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.5380/nocsi.v0i5.94693