Contract for Disaster: How Privatization Is Killing the Public Sector

‘Privatization is bad news for federal, state and local government workers, and the communities where they live. That’s according to a new report released Wednesday by In the Public Interest, a research group focused on the effects of privatization.
The study, “How Privatization Increases Inequality,” explores the role privatization plays in the American economy — compiling data on the estimated $1.5 trillion of state and local contracts doled out each year.
“A lot of decisions are small,” says Donald Cohen, executive director of In the Public Interest, but “if you add all that up, it’s very significant.”‘
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