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» Telstra Options II   2006-08-25 19:26 fatfingers

Giving away equal shares to everyone over 18 is simply my preferred privatisation model. As for your list, I would have to be convinced on a case-by-case basis. I don't have an ideological imperative to privatise everything, no. I can see good candidates for it, but I don't think it is necessary or desirable for others. At the moment, my answer is no for all except SHS and the ABC. But see below.

Procuring goods and services through the market, hiring non-government/civil service managers, introducing forms of competition, changing perverse incentives - all these can be implemented in government-run organisations to capture efficiency and productivity gains without resorting to selling them. Especially when they make a profit.

  • Telstra Options II -- Brendan Halfweeg 2006-08-25