BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T070555Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170309T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170309T090000 SUMMARY:Problems with Privatization UID:20240329T070555Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:1151 Richmond Street\, London\, ON\, Canada\, N6A 5B8 DESCRIPTION:
Privatization has its \;friends and foes. This mixed reception is largely because its consequences vary in different circumstances. However\, I believe that the class of consequences that have been considered relevant is too narrow. \; In brief\, the literature and the debate have focused primarily  \;on two dimensions of the privatization decision: efficiency and accountability.  \;Proponents tend to stress the efficiency of privatization while critics flag the lack of accountability (and sometimes of efficiency). \; \; \;But more than efficiency and accountability are at stake in the decision to privatize many publicly provided goods or publicly owned resources. Here\, I make the case for considering two other aspects of privatization: \; \;inequality and the erosion of important public purposes and public decision-making processes. I show that my analysis of privatization can shed light on two controversial cases: the privatization of education and of prisons.
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