Mariana Mazzucato: ‘The McKinseys and the Deloittes have no expertise in the areas that they’re advising in’

“Consultancies and outsourcers know less than they claim, cost more than they seem to, and — over the long term — prevent the public sector developing in-house capabilities, says professor Mariana Mazzucato. “The problem is when an industry [has] no incentive to get government to be independent. A therapist who has their client in therapy forever obviously isn’t a very good therapist.”