The Privatization Decision Public Ends, Private Means [Paperback]

What government activities should be contracted out to private companies? This thoughtful book by a Harvard policy analyst shuns global answers and explores how to examine individual cases.

John D. Donahueis associate professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. From 1993 to 1995 he served in the Labor Department, first as an Assistant Secretary, then as Counselor to the Secretary. He is the author ofThe Privatization Decision: Public Ends, Private Meansand coauthor (with Robert B. Reich) ofNew Deals: The Chrysler Revival and the American System. He and his family live in Lexington, Massachusetts.