Foundational economy collective - Foundational Economy Collective

Privatisation, market choice, outsourcing: these are the watchwords that have shaped policy in numerous democratic states in the last generation.
The end result is the degradation of
the foundational economy.
The foundational economy encompasses the material infrastructure
at the foundation of civilised life - things like water pipes and sewers - and the
providential
services like education, health care and care for the old which are at the base of any civilised life.
This book shows how these services were built up in the century between 1880 and 1980
so that they were collectively paid for, collectively delivered and collectively consumed.
This
system of provision has been undermined in the age of privatisation and outsourcing.
The book describes the
principles that should guide renewal of the
foundational economy and the initiatives which could begin to put these principles into practice.