Privatization

The private sector's involvement could grow.

International financial institutions such as the World Bank argue that water should be allocated through market mechanisms to allow for full cost recovery from users.

Of the 50 US hospitals that mark up prices the most, 49 of them are part of for-profit hospital chains.

These are reasons we need to see the text of the TPP before Congress votes to preapprove it with fast track TPA.

Globalisation has brought us to a situation where we have a regulatory vacuum u2013 global regulation is practically non-existent.

Sometimes, throwing money at a problem is the way to fix it.

Many places that have experimented with privatization have found that public services are actually more cost-efficient in the long run.

Thanks to kickbacks from phone companies, state and local governments have every reason to keep their prison cells filled, no matter what the cost to the rest of society.

With more private security guards than public police officers, what are the consequences for accountability?

The private health insurance industry in the U.S. has had a long run since shifting to medical underwriting and a for-profit status in the early 1960s.