privatizer
Sells public assets
A privatizer is a person or entity that transfers public assets, services, or industries to private ownership.
The term often carries political weight, used approvingly by those who favor market solutions and critically by those who see it as selling off public goods: Critics called him the great privatizer of public education.
Removing governmental business restrictions
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
austerity · marketization · corporatization · restructuring · reform · contracting · concession · PPP
Act of obtaining something
- stakeholderParty with an interest
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- assetsOwned items of value
holdings · portfolio · proprietorship · stake · title · property · investor · buyout
Transfer of property rights
- handoverTransfer of control
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- deedWritten property conveyance
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
contract · escrow · settlement · execution · agreement · transferee · documentation · registry
Essential infrastructure services
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- prisonsDetention facilities for criminals
education · infrastructure · energy · water · airports · postal · defense · transit
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- divestitureDisposal of assets
liberalization · austerity · marketization · corporatization · restructuring · reform · contracting · concession · PPP · commercialization
acquisition
Act of obtaining something
- stakeholderParty with an interest
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
assets · holdings · portfolio · proprietorship · stake · title · property · investor · buyout · takeover
conveyance
Transfer of property rights
- handoverTransfer of control
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- deedWritten property conveyance
assignment · contract · escrow · settlement · execution · agreement · transferee · documentation · registry · notarization
utilities
Essential infrastructure services
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
prisons · education · infrastructure · energy · water · airports · postal · defense · transit · housing
- prison privatizationCommercial operation of jails
- healthcare privatizationShifting medicine to private sector
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