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082	0	4	_223 _a338.97305
090	0	0	_a338.97305 _dCOH
100	1		_0Cohen, Donald, _c(Public interest advocate), _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Privatization of Everything : _bHow the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back / _cDonald Cohen, Allen Mikaelian
264		1	_aNew York: _bThe New Press, _c2023
264		1	_c©2021
300			_aiv, 349 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_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 Security 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 pirates of the patent system -- Part IX. Becoming pro-public.
520			_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" -- Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aContracting out _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPrivatization _zUnited States
650		0	_aPublic goods.
650		0	_aSocial justice _zUnited States
700	1		_aMikaelian, Allen, _eauthor.
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