The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato | Book Club

Full Title: The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths

Suggested by: Extra
Pages to read: 221
ISBN: 9780593656945 (Originally listed edition, & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What are the consequences of dismantling organizations?
•What is the effect of outsourcing functions?
•What is the myth of government?
•What is the myth of the private sector?
•What is the role of the government?
•What should the government be fixing?
•What are market failures?
•What are government failures?
•Does government crowed out or crowed in investments?
•What kind of debt caused the 2008 financial crisis?
•What is the state’s self-fulfilling prophecy of being ill-equipped?
•What are the problems of regulatory capture?
•Why do government not profit from innovation as private companies do?
•Should a government own a stake in companies that used government investments?
•What is the difference between government and private investment strategies?
•What happened to private sector R&D?
•How is the private sector free-riding on government investments?
•What are the effects of inequality of growth?
•How does government mobilize resources within the sectors of the economy?
•How do companies use patents?
•What drugs do private companies produce?
•What makes R&D spending effective?
•What enabled the Apple’s technology?
•What enabled the Green Industrial Revolution?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.