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'We want to outcompete the state' – How the private sector can fix the state | Harriet Green

Harriet Green is the founder of Basis, an investment firm dedicated to solving public service failures by supporting private sector innovation. Harriet is passionate about reimagining state functions—from healthcare to waste management—through scalable, market-driven solutions. In this interview with Natasha Feroze for Spectator TV, Harriet discusses Basis’s mission, examples of startups reshaping public services, and why she believes the future of better governance lies in entrepreneurship, not politics. // CHAPTERS // 00:00 – Introduction 00:25 – What is Basis? The mission to outcompete the state 02:32 – How startups pitch to Basis: mission or profit-driven? 04:20 – Harriet Green’s background and personal mission 13:20 – Examples: AI procurement startup, robotic kitchen 19:03 – Brain drain 24:01 – Could Basis tackle a crisis like the Birmingham bins? 30:32 – Recycling myths and the guilt economy 34:48 – Management consultants: enablers or relics? 36:56 – Keynesian paradigms, zombie companies, and resource misallocation 37:09 – Final question: could Basis come from the left? #freemarket #state // SUBSCRIBE TO THE SPECTATOR Get 12 issues for £12, plus a free £20 John Lewis/Waitrose voucher https://www.spectator.co.uk/tvoffer // FREE PODCASTS FROM THE SPECTATOR Hear more from The Spectator's journalists on their podcasts, covering everything from the politics of the UK, US and China, to religion, literature, lifestyle and more. https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcasts/ // FOLLOW US   / spectator     / officialspectator     / the-spectator     / spectator1828     / thespectatormagazine