Here In the uk, a number of aIrlInes and some AIrport Operators have told the bbc thIs weekend could be the busIest for InternatIonal Travel sInce the start of the pandemIc. Jet2 says Its operatIng 170 flIghts to more than a0 destInatIons, wIth fully vaccInated travellers to Amber LIst countrIes no longer havIng to quarantIne on return. SImon brownIng has more. FInally, the suItcases are packed. The Hand Luggage sorted. Sunglasses at the ready. The last 18 months have been tough for the travel Industry, but recent government changes mean most Amber LIst countrIes are open for Travel WIthout QuarantIne On Return If youre double jabbed. And people are bookIng, packIng and jettIng off. Its just so excItIng to get on an aeroplane agaIn. Its wonderful. Were off to IbIza. Yeah. FrIends have got a vIlla there and we booked It ages ago, werent sure If we can make It or not, but looks lIke, you know, weve jumped through all the hoops, so. Im goIng to spaIn to see my famIly. Its been nearly one
is economist mariana mazzucato. her faith in the transformational power of the proactive state has made her the go to adviser to a host of governments. does her moonshot economics ignore some earthly realities? mariana mazzucato, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be here. it s great to have you here. your latest book is called mission economy. you are all about mission economics how we human beings can sort of rethink our economic policies to better meet the challenges that we, as a species, face. well, we have to. we have to. and right now, over the last couple of years, covid has been the number one challenge. how would you assess the ability of our economies to meet the covid challenge? well, i think we were caught completely unprepared, as we have been with the climate crisis. you know, we have all these different interlocking crises. the financial crisis, the climate crisis, now this health pandemic. and in each case, we ve been unprepared. and my view is that if poli
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. what is the galvanising force behind transformational economic change? capitalism encourages us to look to the raw power of markets as the driver of innovation, but is that really true? do we underestimate the importance of the state as a catalyst of innovation? well, my guest today is economist mariana mazzucato. her faith in the transformational power of the proactive state has made her the go to adviser to a host of governments. does her moonshot economics ignore some earthly realities? mariana mazzucato, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be here. it s great to have you here. your latest book is called mission economy. you are all about mission economics how we human beings can sort of rethink our economic policies to better meet the challenges that we, as a species, face. well, we have to. we have to and right now, over the last couple of years, covid has been the number one challenge. how would
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