{"product_id":"the-value-of-everything-making-and-taking-in-the-global-economy-9781541758247","title":"The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy","description":"\u003cb\u003eModern economies reward activities that extract value rather than create it. This must change to ensure a capitalism that works for us all.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eShortlisted for the FT \u0026amp; McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A scathing indictment of our current global financial system, \u003ci\u003eThe Value of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e rigorously scrutinizes the way in which economic value has been accounted and reveals how economic theory has failed to clearly delineate the difference between value creation and value extraction. Mariana Mazzucato argues that the increasingly blurry distinction between the two categories has allowed certain actors in the economy to portray themselves as value creators, while in reality they are just moving around existing value or, even worse, destroying it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book uses case studies-from Silicon Valley to the financial sector to big pharma-to show how the foggy notions of value create confusion between rents and profits, reward extractors and creators, and distort the measurements of growth and GDP. In the process, innovation suffers and inequality rises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The lesson here is urgent and sobering: to rescue our economy from the next inevitable crisis and to foster long-term economic growth, we will need to rethink capitalism, rethink the role of public policy and the importance of the public sector, and redefine how we measure value in our society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541758247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Mariana Mazzucato","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36658440765596,"sku":"9781541758247","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3d6ab30c-43a9-4c41-b712-c93cc4a5c845.jpg?v=1603892898","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-value-of-everything-making-and-taking-in-the-global-economy-9781541758247","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}