Donald Cohen is the founder and executive director of In the Public Interest, an Oakland, California – based national research and policy center that studies public goods and services. His opinion pieces and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, and the New Republic, among others. The co-author (with Allen Mikaelian) of The Privatization of Everything (The New Press), he lives in Los Angeles.
Allen Mikaelian is a New York Times bestselling author. The co-author (with Donald Cohen) of The Privatization of Everything (The New Press), he lives in Washington, DC.
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