STORYTELLING of VALUE

“If you do not look at history, you assume the present is the world” – @stewartbrand

“Storytellers rule the world” – Plato

Never thought I’d be riveted by an economist again, but Mariana breaks down the narratives of world-changing projects.

#longnow #storytelling @MazzucatoM

 “I will argue that the way the word ‘value’ is used in modern economics has made it easier for value-extracting activities to masquerade as value-creating activities. And in the process rents (unearned income) gets confused with profits (earned income); inequality rises, and investment in the real economy falls.” – Economist Mariana Mazzucato