This series for A and AS level students covers a broad range of topics and looks at current economic issues that affect students' lives as required by the SCAA Core for Economics. Each title contains up-to-date information including newspaper articles, statistics and tables from a range of sources to provide a stimulating way of learning. Essay and data response questions provide plenty of exam practice for students. Privatization is now a fact of economic life; whatever the government's political hue, it is irreversible. But the questions have changed - how successful has it been so far? Are the utility regulators out of control? Can franchising the public sector, as the "Next Steps", prove to be equally important?