Scenarios about 'privatization'
The transfer of ownership, control, or management of enterprises, services, or assets from the public sector to private entities. Privatization has been a significant economic policy tool since the late 20th century, particularly during the neoliberal era under leaders like Thatcher and Reagan. In alternate history scenarios, different approaches to privatization can fundamentally alter economic development, wealth distribution, and the balance between state power and market forces.
What If School Vouchers Were Widely Implemented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where school voucher programs became the dominant educational policy across the United States, fundamentally reshaping American education and society.
What If Sofia Developed Different Post-Communist Economic Policies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Bulgaria's capital pursued a more gradual, socially-oriented transition from communism, potentially creating a different model of post-Soviet economic development in Eastern Europe.
What If Thatcherism Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Margaret Thatcher never became British Prime Minister, potentially leading to a vastly different economic and political landscape in Britain and beyond.
What If The Soviet Union Transitioned to Capitalism Successfully?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Soviet Union managed a stable, prosperous transition to market economy in the 1990s, fundamentally reshaping global geopolitics and the post-Cold War order.