The whole machinery of public procurement that has emerged in this neoliberal era needs to be abandoned and replaced with decision-making processes and rules that privilege the advancement of public well-being over profit. Read here
Experts saw it coming – it was inevitable: The neo-liberal discourse that private is better. It is pernicious. The question is when the British will stop voting for Tory ideology and hoping a fairytale will […]
On Tuesday Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech announcing plans to change the way the British government spends if he is to be elected: the government would prioritise British producers. Here is Bill Mitchell´s take on […]
In the middle of a heatwave and drought, it’s not just the leakage allowed by private water companies (as much as people actually use), but the money they drain from a vital piece of our […]
Heard this sort of thing before? Public libraries became an important element of the Commons and democracy. They too are to become commodities. See where that ends (click here) This article was such a bloody […]
This is the sort of predatory capitalism being promoted by the EU neo-liberalism. Utilities should be privatised as the private sector is “more efficient”. This is just half the story. In the end the state […]
If you have not yet read Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World by Thomas Fazi and Bill Mitchell – a book one should definitely read – then here is a […]
This was a long time coming, but finally this discourse has transceded the Greek borders. Read here
Since the 1990s, public sector outsourcing has evolved through competitive tendering, partnership working (particularly via Public Finance Initiatives), strategic-commissioning and prime-contracting. Each of these iterations has promised better public goods and services for less cost. […]
By Sandrine Foulon Cross-posted with kind permission from Alternatives Economiques Translated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE The 147,000 employees of the state-owned French railways, SNCF, have been called on by the trades unions including CGT, Sud […]
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