The Common Good Economy by Mariana Mazzucato review – how can Labour really turn things around?

It’s not enough to wish for growth; economic success requires a sense of purpose, according to this academic When Keir Starmer won a landslide Labour majority promising to pursue five governing “missions”, the high-profile leftwing economist Mariana Mazzucato was credited as an inspiration. Two years on, her bracing new book helps shed light on why Labour in power has struggled to project the sense of direction that “mission-led government”, as Mazzucato calls it, requires. Synthesising and e...

By Heather Stewart