Micah Uetricht draws attention to a concrete proposal. The Privatization, Transparency, and Accountability Ordinance would safeguard the public institutions constitutive of a genuine democracy in a time where common assets are being privatized in the name of austerity politics. salon/2013/09/20/privatization_fetish_grows_how_corporate_stooges_are_costing_cities_millions/ "PTAO would require the city of Chicago to engage in a multistep process involving the public before it privatized any asset or service. The city would be required to conduct an independent cost-benefit analysis study; demonstrate at least 10 percent cost savings and prove that the economic benefits of privatizing an asset or service would outweigh the benefits of keeping it public; hold at least one public hearing on the deal; deliver an annual report for each privatized deal on costs and the state of services; require at least 50 percent of subcontracted workers reside within Chicago; and attempt to work with workers’ unions rather than steamrolling them." morningamp.tumblr/post/62161142104/no-other-city-in-the-us-has-sold-off-as-many-of
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