03609cam a2200433 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000300011402000270014404000280017104100080019904200080020704300120021505000240022708200150025110000180026624501510028426400490043530000440048433600260052833700280055433800270058250400670060950519990067652001880267565000360286365000390289965000340293865000370297265000330300965000390304265000350308165000370311670000220315322035398BJBSDDR20230411090858.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta210514s2021 nyua b 001 0 eng  a 2021022729 a9781620976531 (hardcover) a1620976536 (hardcover) aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC aeng apcc an-us---14aHD 3861bC678p 202100a338.973/051 aCohen, Donald14aThe privatization of everything :bhow the plunder of public goods transformed America and how we can fight back /cDonald Cohen, Allen Mikaelian. 1aNew York ;aLondon : bThe New Press,c2021. avi, 349 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index. 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 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. 0aContracting outzUnited States. 4aSubcontratación zEstados Unidos 0aPrivatizationzUnited States. 4aPrivatización zEstados Unidos 0aPublic goodszUnited States. 4aBienes públicos zEstados Unidos 0aSocial justicezUnited States. 4aJusticia social zEstados Unidos1 aMikaelian, Allen