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15. Limits to Privatization

Authors : Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran Young, Matthias Finger

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Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Beware of extremes!¹ What is needed is a proper balance: between freedom and order, between innovation and continuity, and—the topic of this book—between the private sector and the public domain. …

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This text was first published in: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran Young, Mathias Finger (Eds.): Limits to Privatization—How to avoid too much of a good thing—A Report to the Club of Rome (London: Earthscan, 2005). ISBN: 1-84407-177-4. Permission to republish this text was granted by Ms. Adele Parker, Rights Manager, Taylor & Francis Royalties Department, Cheriton House, North Way, Andover, Hampshire, UK on 21 March 2014. The book may be purchased at: http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781844073399/.

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Title: Limits to Privatization
Authors: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Oran Young
Matthias Finger
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-03661-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-03662-5

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03662-5_15