Starting from the observation that some of the East European post-socialist governments produced coherent reform policies which successfully transformed their countries’ economies into capitalist ones, while others lingered behind muddling through half hearted reforms, this paper takes a...

The debate on a market-based economy has now entered a new phase in Brazil, addressing the broader context of quality regulation and the reduction of regulatory risk. The improved macroeconomic situation and the progress made by the sectoral regulatory agencies have paid off, and there is also...

"From schools to hospitals, from utilities to food banks, over the past thirty years corporatization has transformed the public sector in Canada. Economic elites take control of public institutions and use business metrics to evaluate their performance, transforming public programs into...