Privatization

Resource for information on government reform, privatization, contracting out, and public/private partnerships. Includes events, features, publications, privatization database, and service provider directory. Sponsored by the Reason Public Policy Institute.

Excerpts of remarks made by participants at a Cato Institute conference on this issue held in June 1999.

Article by Paul Starr, a Princeton professor who generally opposes privatization, attempting to clarify its meaning as an idea, as theory and rhetoric, and as a political practice.

Report presents the case for privatizing the Department of Motor Vehicles, and gives working models in other states. Authored by Patrick Hazel; published by the Cascade Policy Institute in January, 1997.

Activist organization in the Philippines working against privatization. Includes positions, members, and photo gallery showing events in 2000.

Policy analysis by Cato Institute describes failures of the government to provide good land stewardship, criteria for reform efforts, and a blueprint for auctioning off all public lands over 20 to 40 years. Published December 1999.

Brief article describing the campaign by the American Federation of Government Employees to oppose privatization.

Transcript of a Marx Brothers sketch from the film "A Night At the Opera, " used in a radio documentary to illustrate the problems of responsibility and contractual enforcement involved in government outsourcing.

Information about the creation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, a program designed to privatize some social services by using nonprofit organizations. Provided by the Almanac of Policy Issues, a project of Policy News Publishing.

Policy commentary by Mackinac Center for Public Policy responds to several objections to education privatization. Published August 1999.

Marketing and information resource for current investment opportunities arising from privatization in developing countries and economies in transition. Sponsored by The World Bank Group.

Quarterly periodical of articles and book reviews, addressing topics such as the Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps, notable attempts at privatization, outsourcing, and the public schools in Grand Rapids. Provided by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Articles and book reviews related to privatization in Michigan. Published by Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Spring 2002.

Lists innovations, deterrents, possible candidates, and worldwide and domestic results. Published by National Center for Public Policy.

Research unit focusing on privatization of public services in water, energy, waste management and healthcare, including the role of multinational companies and of international institutions, especially the EU and the World Bank.

Examines privatization news in Europe and worldwide.

Provides practical research and analysis, how-to guides, case studies, and reports designed to inform elected officials on how to streamline government. A project of the Reason Foundation.

A chapter of Grandfather Economic Reports, in which Michael Hodges explores the rapid expansion of state and local government.

phenomenon of privatization in context of different economic theories, arguing that em ... When we speak on property rights and privatization in economic terms, ...[2007/04/11]

State Property Privatization, Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia ... Privatization arranges the meeting with the Deputy Minister of Economic ...[2008/11/27]

effective privatization and genuine economic reform. The major thing is not how ... privatization and with or without apparent economic reform. Good governance is ...[2004/03/20]

Privatization. Privatization (sometimes: denationalization or privatisation) is the economic ... In theory, privatization helps establish a "free market", as ...[2008/05/09]

privatization on economic growth in developing countries. The fourth section ... draw useful conclusions regarding privatization as an economic growth policy. ...[2006/10/26]

The basic economic argument given for privatization is that governments have few ... `privatization'and Germany's National Socialist Party", Journal of Economic ...[2008/11/29]

... condition for economic assistance, with privatization usually being a component ... privatization perceived as a major solution to the slowdown in economic ...[2003/05/08]

... to the proponents of privatization, the goal is to cut waste, improve economic ... Privatization "is both an economic and political exercise but more the latter, ...[2001/05/25]

Iran: War or Privatization: All Out War or "Economic Conquest"? By Michel Chossudovsky ... Tehran's privatization program does not serve US economic and ...[2008/11/23]

... all the phony economic arguments, voucher privatization with investment funds ... Western Economic Advisors and Voucher Privatization ...[2008/07/30]