Alternative to current economic policies – if it can work politically, that is

Review of Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato

The reigning political-economic models appear spent. On the one hand, there is neo-liberalism, according to which government should refrain from intervening in the economy because it can only distort the otherwise efficient operation of the “free” market. On the other hand, there are the New Dealers, who believe that government must actively correct the…