If we want to leave a livable planet to future generations, we must understand why there may be a disjuncture between promises and what is actually delivered to fix climate change.
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Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and cohost of the Pitchfork Economics podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein.
In the latest episode, they spoke with economist Mariana Mazzucato on government s role in the economy.
Mazzucato says collaboration between government and corporations can boost economic outcomes as opposed to just output.
When you trim away all the complications and high-minded theories, the single mission statement of an economy under capitalism is to grow. We say an economy is healthy when it s adding jobs, productivity, and profits, and we say an economy is sick when it s contracting, losing jobs, and failing to hit profitability markers.
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