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CPM and IIPP present Doing Capitalism with The Entrepreneurial State

31 May 2018, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm

Cover images of Doing Capitalism and The Entrepreneurial State

Join us for a dynamic conversation between economist Bill Janeway and The Bartlett Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose's Mariana Mazzucato - chaired by School Director D'Maris Coffman - to celebrate the launch of the new editions of Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy and The Entrepreneurial State.

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The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management with the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
+442031083304

Location

Christopher Ingold Auditorium
via 22 Gordon Street
London
WC1H 0QB
United Kingdom

Is innovation best left to entrepreneurs?

You are warmly invited to join us for the launch and discussion of the two new editions of Doing Capitalism by Bill Janeway, and The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato, that make the case for the role of the state in the innovation process and the danger of ignoring this.

Doing Capitalism narrates the dynamics of the innovation economy from the standpoint of a seasoned practitioner of venture capital. This new edition develops a theory that asset bubbles play a central role in financing technological innovation and that state investment in national goals enable the innovation process.

The Entrepreneurial State demolishes the myth that innovation is best left to the private sector, revealing how, from tech to medicine, government investment has powered wealth creation. Ignoring this history, business has shared the risks, while privatising the rewards – increasing inequality and jeopardising future innovation.

The talk will be followed by a drinks reception in The Bartlett space.