Privatisation is presented as being the only alternative to an ineffic…

Arundhati Roy
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Privatisation is presented as being the only alternative to an inefficient, corrupt state. In fact, it is not a choice at all... it is a mutually profitable business contract between the private company (preferably foreign) and the ruling elite of the Third World ✨ Arundhati Roy (2001). Power Politics: The Reincarnation of Rumpelstiltskin, D C Books
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