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The economist on why she thinks consultancy firms are weakening business and governments

The professor of economics on why she thinks big consultancies and outsourcing firms are weakening business and governments.

The world's major consulting firms make an estimated trillion dollars a year, directing governments and businesses on how best to govern.

But the economist Mariana Mazzucato argues that outsourcing the brain power of governments to private firms is a dangerous trend. 

Ed Butler asks her why she thinks it isn't money well spent.

(Picture: Mariana Mazzucato. Credit: Getty Images)

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