Who Really Owns Your Government? | How Private Funds Took Over Public Services

Who owns the water you drink, the hospitals you use, the roads you drive on, or the airports you pass through?

Around the world, private investment funds are buying and managing public infrastructure once controlled by governments. The promise is efficiency, investment and modernization. But when essential services are run for financial returns, the logic changes completely.

This episode explores how asset managers and private capital are reshaping public services, from water privatization in the United Kingdom and Bolivia to new battles over infrastructure in Latin America. It asks what happens when citizens become customers of companies they never voted for — and who is accountable when things go wrong.

Private markets have a role in the economy. But should water, health, security and essential infrastructure be treated like ordinary financial assets?

Want to explore this topic further? Watch the full Moconomy documentaries related to this episode:

• The Business of Incarcerating People | How Private Prisons Make Money From Inmates — https://youtu.be/vj4hMbZQU9A
• The World According to Amazon | How Amazon Became More Powerful Than Governments — https://youtu.be/3rZ0M47ygiE
• Asset Laundering In The UK | Crime Under The Crown — https://youtu.be/XasPW-A0kPU

Produced by Moconomy

Script: Jezabel Calero

Editor: Diego Ormeño

Narrator: Derrek Carriveau