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FEB 11, 1994 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): The Politics of Privatization in Argentina

The process of privatization provides the tool most needed to keep both the economy and politics working: it provides confidence and trust from the people--and ...

JAN 26, 1994 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Facing Up: What We Need to Do to Get Our Economic Act Together

If we in the United States are to get our long-term economic act together, we must address three imperatives: economic, moral, and political.

JAN 19, 1994 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Privatization: It Can and Does Work

With privatization, employees no longer think about how they might just "get through the week," but rather that they had "better shape up" or "wind ...

NOV 29, 1993 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): The Various Roads to a Private Economy

"Entrepreneurs respond whenever you lift restrictions. One can say that the private market economy is a natural state of society."

OCT 22, 1993 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Reinventing Government: Public Employees' Perspectives

"We must rebuild the social compact, the belief that government can and should serve all the people of this nation."

SEP 20, 1993 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Making New York Work Through Privatization and Competition

The Privatization Task Force proposes "competition with winners selected purely on the basis of quality and price, regardless of private or public sector status."

MAY 7, 1993 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Why America Needs Privatized Infrastructure Industry

"We need to create a new industry of firms that finance, design, build, own, and operate major infrastructure . . . a new paradigm for infrastructure in this ...

MAR 9, 1993 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Privatization: The Canadian Story

Crown corporations were created not out of ideological fervor, but pragmatically, to serve social, cultural, and economic priorities the private sector could not be expected ...

FEB 19, 1993 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): An Update on Privatization in the Czech Republic: The Economic Transformation After the Split

"Two years ago there were no private shops in the Czech lands. Now, about 60-70 percent of retail, trade, and services are back in the ...

JAN 29, 1993 Article

Privatization Project (1991–1994): Mass Privatization in Poland: Differences and Similarities with Other Privatization Programs

Mass privatization in Poland may be the solution for sound companies with growth potential that cannot yet attract investors, domestic or foreign.