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Mariana Mazzucato has demonstrated that the real driver of innovation isn’t lone geniuses but state investment. Now she’s working with the UK government, EU and UN to apply her moonshot approach to the world’s biggest challenges
By JOÃO MEDEIROS
Wired, Tuesday 8 October 2019
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mariana-mazzucato?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0
“It wasn’t just early research, it was also applied research, early stage finance, strategic procurement,” she says. “The more I looked, the more I realised: state investment is everywhere.”