Provision of Services for the Public

Services for the Public are not equivalent to Public Services

ClosedPublic Services for the State

ClosedGolden Rule: Use Private Enterprise as Much as Possible

What Services Should be Public

Historically, many services have started under Government control and moved to the private sector. Governments have, to meet community needs, provided services that would otherwise not be provided by individual enterprise for various reasons (whose justification can be always argued) such as:

If the service becomes established, profitable (i.e. desired by a public prepared to pay) and uncontroversial, then it can be delivered:


Originally posted: August-2009; Last updated: 15-Nov-2010