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082 0 0 _a338.973/05
100 1 _aCohen, Donald
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245 1 4 _aThe privatization of everything :
_bhow the plunder of public goods transformed America and how we can fight back /
_cDonald Cohen, Allen Mikaelian.
264 1 _aNew York ;
_aLondon :
_bThe New Press,
_c2021.
300 _avi, 349 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index.
505 _aPart 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
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aContracting out
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aSubcontratación
_zEstados Unidos
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650 0 _aPrivatization
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650 4 _aPrivatización
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650 0 _aPublic goods
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650 4 _aBienes públicos
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650 0 _aSocial justice
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650 4 _aJusticia social
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700 1 _aMikaelian, Allen
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