Privatising Humanity : How Our Essential Human Needs Became Financial Assets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayliss, Kate.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization.

Housing policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Summary:

This short, powerful book exposes how our essential services have become the assets of international finance, with devastating implications for the future.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication

Contents

Preface

How humanity became an investment opportunity

Private equity and the financialisation of human needs

Chronicles of crises in the privatised water supply

Why did water regulation fail so badly - and who foots the bill?

The curious workings of the retail and wholesale energy 'markets'

Inequality in the energy sector: riches for some and cold homes for others

Housing inequalities as investment opportunities

Conclusion: what lessons are to be learned and where do we go from here?

Appendices

Abbreviations

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Bayliss, Kate Privatising Humanity

ISBN:

9781526183002

9781526182975

OCLC:

1585500933