Thursday, July 29, 2021

Mission Economy, Mariana Mazzucato

 

Mission Economy: A moonshot guide to changing capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato is a book I saw reviewed somewhere, possible New Republic.

Started: 7/27/2021
Completed: 7/29/2021
Recommendation: Not Recommended
Recommended By: New Republic

Review:

I like the idea of the Mission Economy.  I'm not thrilled with the way that this information was presented.  It feels like this is a pamphlet that should sit on top of some of the missions already developed.  It did not feel like a fully developed book.  It also feels like this is a rah-rah by the author for her own work (not to be diminished by this critique) rather than a justification for a mission economy which looks at the arguments against such an effort and explains the flaws of those arguments.  I'm OK with one-sided, but, heck, it must be a brutally overwhelming argument and this one just wasn't.

In fairness, at the very end of the book, the author does credit others (particularly women) who have helped formulate details that support Mission Economy.  This is a rah-rah for untested, but compelling approaches.

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