Thursday, October 15, 2015

John Quiggin — Thinking the unthinkable


On the failure of privatization of public services. It's documented. But the myth continues to transfer public funds to private coffers with less to show for it. Neoliberal rent-seeking.

John Quiggin
Thinking the unthinkable

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"But the myth continues to transfer public funds to private coffers with less to show for it. Neoliberal rent-seeking."

Or should we call it "insurance-seeking"? After all, it'd be a shame if this place went bankrupt or burnt down or sumpthin like that. Naw, you don't want that. Nobody wants that.

Bob Roddis said...

It should be called "theft seeking" not "rent" seeking.