The how the plunder of public goods transformed America and how we can fight back Cohen, Donald creator Mikaelian, Allen text bibliography nyu 2021 monographic eng

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vi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm "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"-- Part 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 Donald Cohen, Allen Mikaelian. Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index. n-us--- Contracting out United States Subcontratación Estados Unidos Privatization United States Privatización Estados Unidos Public goods United States Bienes públicos Estados Unidos Social justice United States Justicia social Estados Unidos HD 3861 C678p 2021 338.973/05 9781620976531 (hardcover) 1620976536 (hardcover) 2021022729 DLC 210514 20230411090858.0 22035398 eng