Re: state's refusal to sell

[Rahul Varman <rahulv@iitk.ac.in>]

Looking at the Indian experience, two reasons seem primary to me:
1. IDEOLOGICAL
The govt. is basically uncomfortable in giving ownership to the employees
as an idea and has enough of excuses to offer: lack of competence, unfriendly
law and financing bodies, unhelpful bureaucracy,etc.  
2. PRIVATE INTERESTS
Officials have a vested interest in selling these assets cheap, almost at
a throw away prices, to the private sector.

The two work in combination, especially today when socialism is supposed
to be something bad, and '1' is associated with it, and 'privatisation' is
supposed to be the panacea of all ills of the PSUs and is primarily
associated with '2'. 

Rahul
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Dan Bell wrote:

> I am trying to compile a list of reasons why the state
> would NOT want to sell a government owned enterprise or
> service to the employees, assuming it was planning to
> privatize the operation anyway. Do you have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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> Dan Bell
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> Ohio Employee Ownership Center
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