Privatization has been on the right-wing agenda for years. Health care, schools, Social Security, public lands, the military, prisonsall are considered fair game. Through stories, analysis, impassioned argumenteven song lyrics Si Kahn and Elizabeth Minnich show that corporations are, by their very nature, unable to fulfill effectively what have traditionally been the responsibilities of government. They make a powerful case that the market is not the measure of all things, and that a vital public sector is an indispensable component of a healthy democracy.