Re: Re: Re: Brits want nationalisation of rail.

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Sorry Ken, you are correct.

>
> Was the Ottawa water supply privatised? Do you have a reference on this? Are
> you thinking of the Walkerton Ontario ecoli debacle? This involved
> privatisation of testing and cutbacks in government regulatory agencies and
> that sort of thing but also incompetent local officials and hiring cheap but
> incompetent people to save money.
>       Cheers, Ken Hanly
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 9:26 PM
> Subject: [PEN-L:6494] Re: Brits want nationalisation of rail.
>
>
> > Chris writes about the privatized British railroad system.  It makes me
> think
> > that we might do well to construct a web site with a catalog, short
> > description and links to failures of privatization and deregulation.
> Maybe
> > one exists already.
> >
> > Someone could contribute about the problem with the Ottawa water supply,
> > British railroads, California electricity deregulation, etc.
> >
> > I think that especially with the election of Bush and the prospects of a
> > recession, we should have an easier time in making ourselves heard about
> the
> > problem markets.
> >
> > Chris Burford wrote:
> >
> > > The denationalised rail service in Britain continues to struggle over
> the
> > > Christmas period with widespread delays and unpredictable arrival times.
> > >
> > > Twice as many people blame the previous conservative government for the
> > > mess as blame the present government.
> > >
> > > An ICM poll found a similar result to a year ago: 69% think the railways
> > > should be renationalised as against only 23% who do not.
> > >
> > > New Labour may start to listen.
> > >
> > > Chris Burford
> > >
> > > London
> >
> > --
> >
> > Michael Perelman
> > Economics Department
> > California State University
> > Chico, CA 95929
> >
> > Tel. 530-898-5321
> > E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>
>


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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
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