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Private sector
Private Sector BIBLIOGRAPHY The private sector is the part of a country’s economy that is not controlled directly by the government; it is a term that combines households and businesses in the economy into a single group. The resources of production owned by the private sector are owned... Read more |
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privateering
privateering former usage of war permitting privately owned and operated war vessels (privateers) under commission of a belligerent government to capture enemy shipping. Private ownership distinguished the privateer from an ordinary warship; letters of marque and reprisal (commission issued by a... Read more |
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Private International Law
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW A branch of jurisprudence arising from the diverse laws of various nations that applies when private citizens of different countries interact or transact business with one another. Private international law refers to that part of the law that is administered between... Read more |
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Virtual private networks
Virtual Private Networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) are systems that use public networks to carry private information and maintain privacy through the use of a tunneling protocol and security procedures. By using the shared public infrastructure, these virtual private networks are far more... Read more |
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Privation
PRIVATION The concept of privation is essential for Freud. In The Future of An Illusion (1927c), he writes: "For the sake of a uniform terminology we will describe the fact that an instinct cannot be satisfied as a 'frustration,' the regulation by which this frustration is established as a... Read more |
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Privatization (Business)
PRIVATIZATION. The American economist Steve Hanke defines privatization as "the transfer of assets and service functions from public to private hands. It includes, therefore, activities that range from selling state-owned enterprises to contracting out public services with private contractors" (p.... Read more |
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Long-Term Care Insurance
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE The feasibility of private long-term care insurance is central to the public policy debate over financing long-term care. The failure of the private market, even with public subsidies, to insure a substantial portion of the population has a bearing on the public... Read more |
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Defined contribution plans
PENSIONS, PUBLIC PENSIONS Distinction between government and private pensions Employees in the public sector Read more |
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