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TED Talk: Mariana Mazzucato: Government — investor, risk-taker, innovator

Why doesn’t the government just get out of the way and let the private sector — the "real revolutionaries" — innovate? It’s rhetoric you hear everywhere, and Mariana Mazzucato wants to dispel it. In an energetic talk, she shows how the state — which many see as a slow, hunkering behemoth — is really one of our most exciting risk-takers and market-shapers.

Which actor in the economy is most responsible for making radical innovation happen? Mariana Mazzucato comes up with a surprising answer: the state.

Video and Full Story: http://www.ted.com/talks/mariana_mazzucato_government_investor_risk_taker_innovator.html

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