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Does privatisation necessarily increase efficiency?
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The basis of this assignment is to answer the question does privatisation necessarily increase efficiency? In answering this question it is essential to investigate the reasons for privatisation as a replacement for nationalisation. This assignment will compare the efficiency case for nationalisation with the efficiency case for privatisation in order to find out which theory is seen to be more efficient. By examining the privatisation of former nationalised industries such as the British railway system and highlighting the positive and negative changes that have taken place due to privatisation this will access whether privatisation has increased efficiency. To begin this assignment it is essential to highlight the history of privatisation in the UK. Up to the Second World War, government enterprises were set up on an ad hoc basis were it was felt that state provision would be better than private provision in that particular case. The 1945 labour government led...
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