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> With the deregulation of the 1990s, the ambition was to create thriving, independent schools, foundations, parent cooperatives and small limited company schoo

• jokethrowaway 6y ago
  That's not the problem. The problem is having government partially funding private companies. Let the parents pay for private schools and the market will select schools that do the best compromise for their need. I've found some unverified results claiming that parents are more satisfied with Swedish independent school than public schools. If that's true, parents are still getting a better service than with the public offering. I'm pro privatisation in general because, in my experience, government-run institutions waste more money and provide a worse service. Of course if you get politicians underselling public assets to their friends, the loss on the assets is just going to be pocketed by politicians and you'll get a worse service. I don't blame privatisation though, I blame the politicians.
  • Grustaf 6y ago
    > I'm pro privatisation in general because, in my experience, government-run institutions waste more money and provide a worse service. Of course that is generally true, but some things are natural monopolies. For example the railroads. If there is no effective competition, private companies have no real incentive to improve service, but they do have an incentive to lower their costs, often leading to worse service.