The Entrepreneurial State

    Superb ... At a time when government action of any kind is ideologically suspect, and entrepreneurship is unquestioningly lionized, the books importance cannot be understated Guardian
According to conventional wisdom, innovation is best left to the dynamic entrepreneurs of the private sector, and government should get out of the way. But what if all this was wrong? What if, from Silicon Valley to medical breakthroughs, the public sector has been the boldest and most valuable risk-taker of all?