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Michigan Privatization Report

Privatization Keeps on Truckin'

MPR1998-02 : Spring 1998

By Michael D. LaFaive, published on June 1, 1998

Privatization takes off in a special transportation issue, including feature articles on privatizing the nation's airports and air traffic control system, privatization and Detroit's port authority, and private driver's education. Other features discuss competitively contracted transit services, ending Amtrak subsidies, and the new book Curb Rights. 20 pages.

Contents

  • Features
    • Detroit: Privatization’s Port of Call
    • On the Road to Privatization
    • Vectoring Toward Safer Skies
    • Amtrak Privatization: All Aboard!
    • Contracts and Contracting: School Districts Endorse Outsourcing
    • Airport Privatization is Taking Off
    • Simple as ABC
    • Detroit DPW on Cruise Control
  • Departments
    • Competitive Contracting of Transit Services
    • Around The State
      • DPW Stays Private in Lawrence
      • New Employment Services Plan Now Underway
      • U. P. City Moves Toward Private Wastewater
      • Portage Declares First-Year Victory
      • Good News for Private Prisons
      • Schools Boost Privatization Momentum
      • Detroiters Who Owe Taxes: The Private Guys Are Coming!
  • Book Review
    • Curb Rights
ISSN: 10927999, SKU: MPR1998-02

More by Michael D. LaFaive

History, Economics and Right-to-Work
Transparency Law Escapes Big Labor Chokehold

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