Can it be right to go private?
Privatization of public services in the U.K. would be a good move, despite the public's abhorrence of the idea. The public mind conceives of privatization as being akin to the greed and short-termism of the years when former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was in office. However, privatization ne...
| Published in: | New Statesman Vol. 130; pp. 4 - 6 |
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| Format: | Article |
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New Statesman Ltd.
May 21 2001
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| Summary: | Privatization of public services in the U.K. would be a good move, despite the public's abhorrence of the idea. The public mind conceives of privatization as being akin to the greed and short-termism of the years when former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was in office. However, privatization need not always be looked down upon: It is as silly for the Left to consider the public sector as invariably better, as it is for the Right to think the same of the private sector. |
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