Tuesday, July 01, 2003

-Globalization and Privatisation: Tokaimura and British Rail

My students asked me about the connection between privatisation and globalization, so here is an article on the subject by Ralph Nader from a few years ago.  He does not mention globalisation, although he does mention corporatization, but i think the concepts are related.  Everything is profit driven at the expense pf people’s welfare and safety.

Business decisions
The problems with privatization are found in the Japanese nuclear leak and the British train wreck. 

http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/~tpgn/globalization/nadar.html

Also see this on privatisation in Turkey
http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/~tpgn/globalization/25cagan2.html

Privatising Education
http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/~tpgn/index3.files/dencity/glob-privedc.html

Other links on globalization
http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/~tpgn/index3.files/globalizationfs.html

Global Economics

http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Globalism/GlobalEcon.htm