Privatize This? Assessing the Opportunities and Costs of Privatization

by Richard A. McGowan

This book offers an expert examination of the ideology and motives behind the privatization or the nationalization of an industry, based on real case studies.

Is it always more effective and less expensive to use taxpayer dollars to engage private companies rather than have the government run enterprises itself? Do consumers always benefit from the privatization of services? What happens when privatization stops being an abstract,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313375860
• ISBN13: 9780313375866
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years