Mariana Mazzucato

"We've allowed the narrative of market fundamentalism to obscure the reality of how innovation actually happens."

"If we want to solve climate change, poverty, and disease, we need to trust public institutions to lead."

"The state is not a referee in the economy; it's a player, and an essential one."

"Public institutions need to be rewarded for taking risks, not punished for the occasional failure."

"The myth of efficient markets has done real damage to our ability to imagine different economic futures."

"Innovation is not about disruption; it's about building on what came before."

"We celebrate the products of public research while crediting them to private enterprise."

"The public sector has been the patient capital that allows long-term innovation to happen."

"If we defund our public institutions, we're not cutting costs—we're mortgaging our future."

"The story of innovation is really a story about the courage of public institutions to take risks."

"Markets are good at many things, but creating the future is not one of them."

"We need a new language to talk about public value creation that doesn't apologize for its existence."

"The entrepreneurial state is not a radical idea; it's just a description of how capitalism has always worked."

"If you want to understand the future of innovation, you need to understand the future of public institutions."

"The greatest innovations have always required a combination of public vision and private execution."

"We've allowed inequality to grow because we've stopped investing in public institutions."

"Risk-taking should be celebrated, regardless of whether it's done in the public or private sector."

"Public institutions don't just complement markets; they create the conditions under which markets can function."

"The future will be shaped by those who can think beyond quarterly earnings reports."

"We need to reclaim the public sector from those who would reduce it to a business."

"Innovation requires failure, and only public institutions have the structural capacity to absorb it."

"The state is not a startup; it's an institution that must think in generations, not years."

"If we want to address the world's greatest challenges, we need to empower public institutions."

"The myth of the market as a perfect allocator of resources has obscured the reality of how innovation happens."

"Public institutions are the backbone of every successful innovation ecosystem in the world."

"We've been taught to fear government intervention, but government intervention created the modern world."

"The problem is not that public institutions are too big; the problem is that we've defunded them."

"Innovation is not a luxury; it's essential, and it requires public commitment and investment."

"If we want to build a better future, we need to trust public institutions to lead the way."

"The state has always been the lead risk-taker; we just pretended it wasn't."