How do market forces value – or undervalue – contributions of labor, capital, and the public sector?
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Phil's Book Club
Phil's Book Club
From the journey of senior executives to issues of gender and data bias, each month, we’ll discuss one recently released book, and add a new one to the list, so you'll be able to plan ahead.
Our first four books are recent releases that have been very well received. Together they give a sense of the books we’ll read: the first follows the journey of a senior executive in a given company and industry; the second book looks at issues of gender and data bias; and the third and fourth address important geopolitical and economic trends.
August: Phil's book of the month
Wednesday, 25 June at 11:00 CEST
Creating value in a competitive economy
For the fourth meeting of Phil’s Book Club, Phil Rosenzweig will be joined by Arturo Bris, Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center, for a discussion of The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy, by Mariana Mazzucato.
Mariana Mazzucato is Professor of Economics at University College, London. Her book, described as “passionate, infectious, timely”, won the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. It was described by Martin Wolf of the Financial Times as making readers “confront long-held beliefs about how economies work and who benefits”.
We invite you to take part in this conversation, which will address current policy debates about wealth and taxes, inequality, public expenditures, and re-inventing capitalism.
August: Join the discussions
Join the live discussionThe role of the financial sector, which Mazzucato takes up in chapters 4 through 6, where she addresses “casino capitalism” and the “financialization of the real economy”. Does the financial system create or capture value?
Join the live discussionWhat is the goal of maximizing shareholder value and the use of corporate assets for share buybacks?
Join the live discussionWhat is the relative importance of the public sector and its role in creating prosperity – with implications for public spending and taxation?
Join the live discussionUpcoming books of the month
August 2021: the value of everything
On Wdnesday 25 August, we will turn our attention to The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy, by Mariana Mazzucato, 2018. It’s an important re-think about economics and value.
Summer 2021 and beyond
After we discuss a book, we will add one to the list, so that you can plan your reading for the next three months.
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Review of The Future is Asian: Global Order in the Twenty-First Century
Rather than a long volume on one country or another, this book provides what The Wall Street Journal calls “a valuable and thoroughly researched analysis.” This selection will not only be highly...
Review of Invisible Women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men
Our book for May is a very important book that has received considerable attention and praise, all fully justified. It speaks to business, of course – work design, product design –...
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Phil’s Book Club: 2021 reading list
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