Privatization is like any other policy tool -- it can work well or poorly, depending on how it is done. And, like other policy tools, there is plenty of agument about its virtues and vices. Here is a sample of the debate:

Privatization Debate

• The Privatization Debate: Proponents and Opponents, Cornell University Planning Department review of literature.
  
  

Pro-Privatization

• The Privatization Revolution, Larry Reed.
  
  
• Privatization: Eight Lessons from Experience, World Bank.
  
  
• International Perspectives on Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises, N. Rao, C. Rao, and S. Dunphy.
  
  

Anti-Privatization

• Privatization Resource Center, American Federation of State and Municipal Employees.
  
  
• Privatization — Government for Sale, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO.
  
  
• Privatization: Trends, Evidence, and Alternatives, Economic Policy Institute.
  
  
• Issues: Privatization, Canadian Union of Public Employees.
  
  

Related Research

• Peter Gordon and Lanlan Wang. 2004. Does Economic Performance Correlate with Big Government? Econ Journal Watch. Vol. 1, No. 2. pp.192-211.