The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths

by Mariana Mazzucato

Book Overview

The world's most popular products, from the iPhone to Google Search, were funded not by private companies, but the taxpayer.

In this sharp and controversial international bestseller, an award-winning economist debunks the pervasive myth that the government is sluggish and inept, and at odds with a dynamic private sector. She reveals in detailed case studies that the opposite is true: the state is, and has been, our boldest and most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610396138
• ISBN13: 9781610396134
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"