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		_xnmw on Oct 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Value of Nothing: Capital versus Growth The Tesla anecdote is a poor example. Of course the US government benefits from its loan to Tesla - Tesla is an American company. By virtue of that fact, all benefit created by Tesla in advancing the state of the electric car industry is, vicariously, experienced by the US government and anyone who identifies as American.

throw0101a on Oct 31, 2021 [–]

She has entire chapter called "Extracting Value through the Innovation Economy":

* https://cms.marianamazzucato.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/...

I'm not going to try to summarized forty pages of text in an HN comment.

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