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Can the government save money by privatizing prisons, Medicare and other functions?

  • Written by Richard Lachmann, Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageA detention center in Eloy, Arizona. AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo

Should we run the government like a business?

Donald Trump seems to think so. During his campaign for president, Trump returned again and again to his supposed success as a businessman and promised government programs “under budget and ahead of schedule.” His hotel in...

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