Slashing Spending in Post-Soviet Slovakia
HD DownloadSince the end of communism in 1989, Slovakia has experienced rapid economic growth by privatizing industries and liberating its markets, allowing its citizens to enjoy the same standard of living as their Western European neighbors. However, government spending is still out of control.
Richard Durana, director of the Slovakia Institute for Economic and Social Studies and the project The Price of the State, sat down with Reason.tv to explain how his group is working to educate Slovaks that many services currently provided by the government could be delivered more efficiently by the private sector.
Approximately 5.03 minutes.
Interviewed by June Arunga. Camera by Jim Epstein and Josh Swain. Editing by Swain.
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