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Our economic system is broken. The climate crisis is accelerating. Inequality is deepening. Public trust is crumbling. Wealth concentrates in fewer hands while governments scramble to fix what markets can’t do, rather than to shape them from the outset. For too long, economics has treated ‘the good’ – whether public goods or the commons – as merely correcting market or government failures. But you cannot do good without a new theory of what good actually is. This economic framing traps us in an endless cycle of being reactive patching problems rather than proactively building the economy we need.
Professor Mariana Mazzucato will explore her new theory of the common good with LSE President Professor Larry Kramer— how can we allow governments and businesses to develop purposeful economic relationships, creating value and building spaces where human flourishing can happen?
Speaker:
Mariana Mazzucato
Chair:
Professor Larry Kramer
#Environment #LSEFestival #London
Full details/attend: lse.ac.uk/events/lse-festival/2026/how-to-save-the-planet-with-mariana-mazzucato
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Our economic system is broken. The climate crisis is accelerating. Inequality is deepening. Public trust is crumbling. Wealth concentrates in fewer hands while governments scramble to fix what markets can’t do, rather than to shape them from the outset. For too long, economics has treated ‘the good’ – whether public goods or the commons – as merely correcting market or government failures. But you cannot do good without a new theory of what good actually is. This economic framing traps us in an endless cycle of being reactive patching problems rather than proactively building the economy we need.
Professor Mariana Mazzucato will explore her new theory of the common good with LSE President Professor Larry Kramer— how can we allow governments and businesses to develop purposeful economic relationships, creating value and building spaces where human flourishing can happen?
Speaker:
Mariana Mazzucato
Chair:
Professor Larry Kramer
#Environment #LSEFestival #London
Full details/attend: lse.ac.uk/events/lse-festival/2026/how-to-save-the-planet-with-mariana-mazzucato
To turn on captions, go to the bottom-right of the video player and click the icon. Please note that this feature uses Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology, or machine generated transcription, and is not 100% accurate.
Sign up for news about upcoming LSE Events: lse.ac.uk/Events/signup
