Cohen, Donald <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Understanding privatization. Public goods for the common good<br/>The roots and reasons of privatization: A very brief history<br/>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<br/>"They just have to pay": privatizing the public's water supply<br/>The stuff of life: reclaiming public water<br/>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<br/>Toll roads at America's crossroads<br/>Who owns the journey? recentering the public<br/>Part IV. Privatization's slow coup: the undermining of democracy and justice. When the contract is king: how privatization trumps democracy<br/>Democracy in darkness: privatization's shadow over transparency<br/>Skin in the game: environmental and planning policy in privatization's grip<br/>Freedom has a price: privatization's assault on the justice system<br/>Part V. Every last dime: shredding the social safety net, generating inequality. Teaching them a lesson: privatization versus the poor<br/>Privatized Medicaid and the business of denying care<br/>What's in it for Wall Street: public assistance in the hands of big finance<br/>Privatizing pays us less<br/>Part VI. Things in common: privatization and the erosion of community. Public places: parks, presidents, and privatization<br/>School choice and resegregation<br/>Public libraries and apple pie<br/>Communities take care: how Social Secutity defines us<br/>Part VII. Privatization doesn't want you to know: the corruption of public education. School choice and competition: when creative destruction is just destruction<br/>Higher education: who fills the void?<br/>Part VIII. "The cash just pours out": the privatization of public science and research. Academic publishing: how to pay for knowledge three times over<br/>They even want to own the weather<br/>Drug prices and the pirates of the patent system<br/>Part IX. Becoming pro-public 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781620976531 (hardcover) 1620976536 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021022729 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Contracting out--United States.<br/>Subcontratación --Estados Unidos<br/>Privatization--United States.<br/>Privatización --Estados Unidos<br/>Public goods--United States.<br/>Bienes públicos --Estados Unidos<br/>Social justice--United States.<br/>Justicia social --Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 3861  / C678p 2021 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.973/05