privatizes
Transfers to individuals
Privatizes means transfers from public to private ownership or control.
Governments privatize industries, utilities, or services by selling them to private companies: The country privatized its national airline.
The term often appears in debates about efficiency versus public interest: Critics argue that privatizing prisons creates perverse incentives.
Removing governmental business restrictions
- sellsTransfers for payment
- transfersRelocates or hands off
- divestsRemoves or relinquishes ownership
- auctionsCompetitive public sales
outsources · commercializes · liberalizes · denationalizes · corporatizes · monetizes · commodifies · restructures
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- ThatcherismBritish free-market conservatism
- ReaganomicsSupply-side fiscal philosophy
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
laissez-faire · deregulation · IMF · globalization · austerity · reform · liberalization · competition
Belonging to government
- nationalizedMade government property
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- municipalOf city government
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
railways · telecommunications · postal · healthcare · infrastructure · enterprises · agencies · ministries
Exploiting scarcity for gain
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
cronyism · workers · layoffs · unemployment · accountability · transparency · access · affordability
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
auctions · outsources · commercializes · liberalizes · denationalizes · corporatizes · monetizes · commodifies · restructures · shareholders
neoliberalism
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- ThatcherismBritish free-market conservatism
- ReaganomicsSupply-side fiscal philosophy
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
capitalism · laissez-faire · deregulation · IMF · globalization · austerity · reform · liberalization · competition · efficiency
state-owned
Belonging to government
- nationalizedMade government property
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- municipalOf city government
utilities · railways · telecommunications · postal · healthcare · infrastructure · enterprises · agencies · ministries · bureaucracy
profiteering
Exploiting scarcity for gain
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
corruption · cronyism · workers · layoffs · unemployment · accountability · transparency · access · affordability · quality
privatizesnationalizes
Converts to public ownership
socializes · collectivizes · deprivatizes · publicizes · renationalizes
- prison privatizationCommercial operation of jails
- healthcare privatizationShifting medicine to private sector
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