The privatization of everything : how the plunder of public goods transformed America and how we can fight back /
Cohen, Donald
The privatization of everything : how the plunder of public goods transformed America and how we can fight back / Donald Cohen, Allen Mikaelian. - vi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index.
Part I. Understanding privatization. Public goods for the common good
The roots and reasons of privatization: A very brief history
Part II. Public goods for life: the dangers of privatizing public health, water, and food safety. Privatizing public health makes us sick: an epidemic of market failures
"They just have to pay": privatizing the public's water supply
The stuff of life: reclaiming public water
Part III. The public gets us there: transportation, communication, and economies that work for all. Economic destiny and the pitfalls of the public-private partnership
Toll roads at America's crossroads
Who owns the journey? recentering the public
Part IV. Privatization's slow coup: the undermining of democracy and justice. When the contract is king: how privatization trumps democracy
Democracy in darkness: privatization's shadow over transparency
Skin in the game: environmental and planning policy in privatization's grip
Freedom has a price: privatization's assault on the justice system
Part V. Every last dime: shredding the social safety net, generating inequality. Teaching them a lesson: privatization versus the poor
Privatized Medicaid and the business of denying care
What's in it for Wall Street: public assistance in the hands of big finance
Privatizing pays us less
Part VI. Things in common: privatization and the erosion of community. Public places: parks, presidents, and privatization
School choice and resegregation
Public libraries and apple pie
Communities take care: how Social Secutity defines us
Part VII. Privatization doesn't want you to know: the corruption of public education. School choice and competition: when creative destruction is just destruction
Higher education: who fills the void?
Part VIII. "The cash just pours out": the privatization of public science and research. Academic publishing: how to pay for knowledge three times over
They even want to own the weather
Drug prices and the pirates of the patent system
Part IX. Becoming pro-public
"America's leading defender of the public interest and a bestselling historian show us how to prevent the private takeover of our cherished public resources"--
9781620976531 (hardcover) 1620976536 (hardcover)
2021022729
Contracting out--United States.
Subcontratación --Estados Unidos
Privatization--United States.
Privatización --Estados Unidos
Public goods--United States.
Bienes públicos --Estados Unidos
Social justice--United States.
Justicia social --Estados Unidos
HD 3861 / C678p 2021
338.973/05
The privatization of everything : how the plunder of public goods transformed America and how we can fight back / Donald Cohen, Allen Mikaelian. - vi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index.
Part I. Understanding privatization. Public goods for the common good
The roots and reasons of privatization: A very brief history
Part II. Public goods for life: the dangers of privatizing public health, water, and food safety. Privatizing public health makes us sick: an epidemic of market failures
"They just have to pay": privatizing the public's water supply
The stuff of life: reclaiming public water
Part III. The public gets us there: transportation, communication, and economies that work for all. Economic destiny and the pitfalls of the public-private partnership
Toll roads at America's crossroads
Who owns the journey? recentering the public
Part IV. Privatization's slow coup: the undermining of democracy and justice. When the contract is king: how privatization trumps democracy
Democracy in darkness: privatization's shadow over transparency
Skin in the game: environmental and planning policy in privatization's grip
Freedom has a price: privatization's assault on the justice system
Part V. Every last dime: shredding the social safety net, generating inequality. Teaching them a lesson: privatization versus the poor
Privatized Medicaid and the business of denying care
What's in it for Wall Street: public assistance in the hands of big finance
Privatizing pays us less
Part VI. Things in common: privatization and the erosion of community. Public places: parks, presidents, and privatization
School choice and resegregation
Public libraries and apple pie
Communities take care: how Social Secutity defines us
Part VII. Privatization doesn't want you to know: the corruption of public education. School choice and competition: when creative destruction is just destruction
Higher education: who fills the void?
Part VIII. "The cash just pours out": the privatization of public science and research. Academic publishing: how to pay for knowledge three times over
They even want to own the weather
Drug prices and the pirates of the patent system
Part IX. Becoming pro-public
"America's leading defender of the public interest and a bestselling historian show us how to prevent the private takeover of our cherished public resources"--
9781620976531 (hardcover) 1620976536 (hardcover)
2021022729
Contracting out--United States.
Subcontratación --Estados Unidos
Privatization--United States.
Privatización --Estados Unidos
Public goods--United States.
Bienes públicos --Estados Unidos
Social justice--United States.
Justicia social --Estados Unidos
HD 3861 / C678p 2021
338.973/05