Conversations Live: Privatization
1,260 views · Published 12 April 2013 · 57:08 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: wpsu · 2013 · Education
Increasingly, cash-strapped cities and states are selling off public assets and services in exchange for lump sums of money. Proponents say the private sector can do many things better than government, and usually for less money. Critics say privatization exploits financial hardship, undermines democracy and, in the long-run, costs taxpayers money. On this edition of "Conversations LIVE," Patty Satalia and guests explain what privatization means and what's at stake.
