Ep 236: Manufactured Austerity and the Media Assisted 'Public-Private Partnership' Rip-Off
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The episode discusses the rebranding of privatization as 'Public-Private Partnerships' and its impact on public funding.
In this episode we discuss how privatization was rebranded 'Public-Private Partnerships' and unleashed decades of raiding of the public coffers by Wall Street. With guest Donald Cohen, founder and executive director of In the Public Interest.
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Hosts: Nima Shirazi, Adam Johnson
Guest: Donald Cohen
Topics covered
- privatization
- public-private partnerships
- austerity
- media
- public coffers
- Wall Street
Keywords
- privatization
- public-private partnerships
- austerity
- Wall Street
- public funding
- Donald Cohen
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Organizations: In the Public Interest, Wall Street
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