Nintil - The Entrepreneurial State: The case of the iPhone (II)

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[This post is a translation of this other post of mine] As we saw in a previous post , one of the main examples used by Mariana Mazzucato to validate her arguments is the case of the iPhone. Let us remember, Mazzucato's thesis is that most of modern technology is due to directed governmental research efforts, not only in basic science, but also in technological commercialisation, direct investment, loans, etc. These kinds of policies make up what she calls The Entrepreneurial State. We must make clear the difference between this concept from another, more reasonable one, that is of a State tha

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