Category Archives: Privatization

Gilets Jaunes Under Attack

The gilets jaunes have arisen out of the profound inequality that is fracturing societies across Europe. It is against that inequality that leaders must take a strong stance.

Post Office Privatization Thrust Awaits (Stalled) Publication of Trump Task Force Report

The Post Office, its Universal Service Obligation, privatization efforts, how (and possibly why) those efforts are stalled.

Revisiting Privatization’s Claims

Advocates exaggerate claims that privatization would reduce governments’ fiscal problems while ensuring more efficient, productive, and competitive economies by promoting private entrepreneurship, innovation, and investments.

Why I Am Not Wildly Enthusiastic about Sanders’ Plan to Tax Amazon

Defects in Sanders’ “plan to have a plan” to tax Amazon, and how to cure them.

Medicare Part D: Delight, or Debacle?

My first foray into real Medicare.

Baltimore Set To Be First Major US City to Ban Water Privatization

The city of Baltimore is poised to denounce the privatization fairy and reject privatization of its water and sewage system.

Argentina 20 Years On: Has the IMF Really Changed Its Ways?

The IMF is back in Argentina. The fund pretends that it’s moved away from borrower-punitive programs, but the evidence says otherwise.

Neoliberalism’s Assault on the Veteran’s Administration Continues

An impending IT debacle at the Veteran’s Administration, and a bipartisan effort to privatize it.

Puerto Rico Update: Forests, Power, Depopulation, and Privatization

Puerto Rico’s situation is causing Naomi Klein to rethink “shock doctrine.”

Andy Slavitt’s United States of Care: A Second “Undertaking” (and What We Can Expect From It)

@USofCare, accounting control fraud, financial predation, conflict of interest, and abuse of workers.

Private Equity Firms Turn Up Noses at Trump’s Infrastructure Headfake

A perverse bit of good news: PE firms don’t like Trump’s infrastructure scheme.

Puerto Rico’s New Power Struggle: Privatization

Puerto Rico announces plans to privatise its public utility, even though many residents still lack power 4 months after Hurricane Maria.

A Day in the Life of an NHS Nurse – How Our Government Is Failing Both Patients and Nurses

Nurses are leaving the NHS, and that’s no accident.

Carillion Must Now Also Face Justice for Blacklisting Trade Unionists

More on Carillion’s bad deeds.

Carillion Collapse Will Leave Taxpayers With Big Bills, Produce Knock-On Failures; Shows Danger of “Public/Private Partnerships”

A first look at the implications of the failure of Carallion, a top UK infrastructure firm and provider of outsourced services to governments