Ep 236: Manufactured Austerity and the Media Assisted 'Public-Private Partnership' Rip-Off

About this episode

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.

People in this episode

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

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: In the Public Interest, Wall Street

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