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Privatization May Be Worsening Inequality

A new study suggests outsourcing government services can disproportionately impact low-income users' finances, health and safety.

BY  OCTOBER 13, 2016

As state and local governments grapple with fewer resources for things like infrastructure or social services, many of them have opted to contract those responsibilities out to the private sector. But a new report warns that doing so may be widening the gap between the haves and the have-nots.