Mariana Mazzucato

"The NHS in the UK was created by the public sector and continues to be a source of innovation."

"We need to change the language around public institutions—they're not costs, they're investments."

"The smartphone contains technologies developed through public research: GPS, touchscreen, internet."

"If we don't value public institutions, we won't invest in them, and innovation will suffer."

"The private sector excels at scaling innovations that the public sector has already created."

"Value creation is a collective process, not an individual one."

"We must reject the notion that only private enterprise can be innovative."

"Public sector workers are entrepreneurial in the best sense of the word."

"The financialization of the economy has distorted our understanding of where value really comes from."

"We need to reclaim public institutions from the logic of extraction and return them to the logic of creation."

"Risk is socialized, but rewards are privatized—this is the fundamental problem with modern capitalism."

"The state's role in the economy should be celebrated, not hidden."

"Innovation ecosystems require diverse institutions, including strong public sectors."

"We've forgotten that public institutions can be sources of radical, transformative innovation."

"The narrative of public sector inefficiency is a self-fulfilling prophecy."

"Without public sector investment in basic research, the private sector has nothing to commercialize."

"We need to stop asking 'what is the market worth?' and start asking 'what is it worth to society?'"

"The public sector is not a drag on the private sector; it's its foundation."

"Innovation requires long-term commitment and risk tolerance—qualities the public sector uniquely possesses."

"We've created a culture where public servants are undervalued and underpaid."

"The smartphone is not a triumph of the private sector alone; it's a triumph of the public-private partnership."

"When we defund public institutions, we're betting against our own future."

"Public institutions must be given the freedom to fail, just as we give private enterprises that freedom."

"The myth of the entrepreneur obscures the collective nature of innovation and the role of public institutions."

"We need to value public servants as value creators, not cost centers."

"The private sector is not inherently more innovative than the public sector—it's just better at marketing."

"Austerity policies are not just economically misguided; they're morally indefensible."

"The state has always been entrepreneurial; we've just forgotten it."

"Public institutions are not obstacles to innovation; they're essential to it."

"We need to change our metrics for success in the public sector from efficiency to impact."