„We have become accustomed to much talk the pros and cons of austerity. The debate about government, though, should not be about its size or its budget. The real question is what value government creates – because to ask about the role of government in the economy is inevitably to question its intrinsic value. Is it productive or unproductive? How do we measure the value of government activities?“
– Mariana Mazzucato in „The Value of Everything – Making and Taking in the Global Economy“, 2018, Seite 233
