privatisers
Public asset transferrers
Privatisers are people or entities that transfer public assets or services to private ownership.
The term often carries critical connotations, suggesting those who dismantle state enterprises for ideological or profit motives: The privatisers sold off the railways at bargain prices.
British spelling; American English uses privatizers.
Pro-privatization economic stance
- ThatcheriteUK free-market conservative
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
liberalization · monetarist · supply-side · austerity · pro-business · reformist · capitalist · libertarian
Those who support causes
- proponentsSupporters of a position
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
- policymakersOfficials who create rules
- consultantsExperts hired for guidance
lobbyists · technocrats · ministers · economists · ideologues · think tanks · World Bank · IMF
Rapid mass divestiture
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- denationalizationTransfer from government ownership
- asset salesSelling owned property
- tenderSoft or sore
auction · flotation · IPO · transfer · outsourcing · unbundling · corporatization · restructuring
Essential infrastructure services
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- telecomsCommunication service industry
- airlinesCommercial flight operators
- waterClear essential liquid
electricity · gas · healthcare · prisons · schools · postal services · housing · infrastructure
Exploiting scarcity for gain
- cherry-pickingChoosing only supporting examples
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- undervaluationRating below actual worth
- fire saleUrgent, deep-discount liquidation
accountability · inequality · job losses · price hikes · corruption · sweetheart deals · oligarchs · vultures
neoliberal
Pro-privatization economic stance
- ThatcheriteUK free-market conservative
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
deregulation · liberalization · monetarist · supply-side · austerity · pro-business · reformist · capitalist · libertarian · Reaganomics
advocates
Those who support causes
- proponentsSupporters of a position
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
- policymakersOfficials who create rules
consultants · lobbyists · technocrats · ministers · economists · ideologues · think tanks · World Bank · IMF · shareholders
sell-off
Rapid mass divestiture
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- denationalizationTransfer from government ownership
- asset salesSelling owned property
tender · auction · flotation · IPO · transfer · outsourcing · unbundling · corporatization · restructuring · demutualization
utilities
Essential infrastructure services
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- telecomsCommunication service industry
- airlinesCommercial flight operators
water · electricity · gas · healthcare · prisons · schools · postal services · housing · infrastructure · state enterprises
profiteering
Exploiting scarcity for gain
- cherry-pickingChoosing only supporting examples
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- undervaluationRating below actual worth
fire sale · accountability · inequality · job losses · price hikes · corruption · sweetheart deals · oligarchs · vultures · carpetbaggers
privatisersnationalizers
Those who transfer private to public
statists · socializers · communists · Hugo Chávez · Marxists