Privatization documentary

Privatization documentary

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Privatization documentary

dc.contributor	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)	en_US
dc.contributor	Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)	en_US
dc.contributor	Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service	en_US
dc.contributor	South Carolina Educational Television Network	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Europe	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Western Europe	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Northern Ireland	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	United Kingdom	en_US
dc.creator	Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic) (Moderator)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-20T22:50:28Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-20T22:50:28Z
dc.date.created	1985-04-28	en_US
dc.date.issued	1985-04-28
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552644
dc.description	In the 1980s a new trend began to sweep across the capitalist economies of the world: privatization. For 35 years, economic policies supporting nationalization had left many industries stagnant, as a lack of competition caused an increase in prices and a decrease in efficiency. As the privatization movement gained momentum in the economic community, experts began to believe that taking nationalized industries out of the hands of the government and turning them over to the private sector would benefit both taxpayers and businesses alike. The country in the vanguard of economic privatization was Great Britain, where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher embarked on a privatization campaign that moved hundreds of thousands of jobs into the private sector. As Britain's freight, automotive, and telecom industries underwent a successful transition to the private sector, it became clear that the spread of privatization was all but inevitable. In this special documentary, American Interests travels to Great Britain to examine the privatization trend in Britain and the movement's prospects as a global economic phenomenon.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Examines the growing trend of privatization, the shift of industries from government hands to the private sector, in Great Britain.	en_US
dc.format.extent	28 min.	en_US
dc.format.medium	MPG4 H.264	en_US
dc.language	English	en_US
dc.relation	Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archive	en_US
dc.relation.uri	https://mediapilot.georgetown.edu:443/sharestream2gui/getMedia.do?action=streamMedia&mediaPath=0d21b62020c9a63f01215a00c72f0548&cid=0d21b62018c663370119bf04f6be0a8b
dc.source	American Interests	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Government ownership -- Great Britain	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Privatization -- Great Britain	en_US
dc.subject.other	Privatization	en_US
dc.title	Privatization documentary	en_US
dc.coverage	International Economics, Trade and Business	en_US