Government-owned firms are often branded as uncompetitive, stuck in the past and unable to truly innovate. But they’re sometimes better suited than private firms to drive new, clean technologies.
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Christine Holgate’s demise over luxury watches shows public-sector norms and private-sector competition don’t mix well.
Nigeria’s attempt at privatising its power infrastructure hasn’t been without challenges but they are not insurmountable.
Economics tells us that governments privatising services where quality counts is a bad idea.
The fifth episode of a series from The Anthill Podcast on how recoveries from major crises throughout history focuses on what happened after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Unsolicited market proposals are not transparently assessed. Infrastructure should be built to serve the public interest, not shaped by its private backers, but the checks to ensure this are broken.
A look at the theory behind nationalising key public services, as well as what has happened in practice.
The pipeline for new antibiotics is broken. It is time to think outside the box.
Global forces affect corruption, too.
Late trains, anxiety, stressful commutes, disruption to family life – just some of the woes of train customers.
Who has the right to use an Amazon domain name? The people who live there or a company with the same name?
Public schools in some states outsourced their cleaning services to private companies as part of a neoliberal experiment starting in the 1990s. This has had a host of impacts, including on students.
A recent damning report on probation shows the need to reassess outsourcing by the public sector.
Why choice should not be the most important factor in elder care.
Three important lessons from three recent privatisations.
Turning prisons into a market opportunity could open them up to corruption.
The NSW government will spend more than $23 billion on toll road, and recoup just $4 billion by selling it.
A motion to privatise the ABC, no matter how vigorously repudiated by the government, is political poison, and may now reap a political harvest.
Under current EU rules, Britain cannot recreate a railway monopoly. It can, however, follow the lead of other EU countries in bringing more of the rail sector into public ownership.
Three important aspects of international trade deals will limit the UK’s democratic control over trade.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer, Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Essex
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Researcher in Transport Policy and Governance, UCL
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Professor, Discipline of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Geospatial Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University
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Honorary lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Emeritus Professor, Discipline of Accounting, University of Sydney
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Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
