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Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. [1] Nationalization contrasts with privatization and with demutualization.
1982 The nationalization of the Mexican banking system made by President José López Portillo in response to the Latin American debt crisis. Under the Carlos Salinas de Gortari presidency (1988–1994) the nationalized banks were privatized very rapidly between 1991 and 1992 to Mexican family groups.
The Bank Nationalisation Case, also called Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR 1, is a 1948 decision of the High Court of Australia (upheld on appeal to the Privy Council) that invalidated Chifley government legislation that attempted to nationalise the private banking sector.
An Act to bring the capital stock of the Bank of England into public ownership and bring the Bank under public control, to make provision with respect to the relations between the Treasury, the Bank of England and other banks and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. Citation: 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 27: Introduced by: Hugh Dalton (Commons)
At the same time, it had emerged as a large employer, and a debate had ensued about the nationalization of the banking industry. [32] Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, expressed the intention of the Government of India in the annual conference of the All India Congress Meeting in a paper entitled Stray thoughts on Bank ...
Chilean nationalization of copper; Nationalization in Poland; Nationalization of electricity in Quebec; Nationalization of oil in Algeria; Nationalization of oil supplies; Nationalization of PrivatBank; Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry; List of nationalizations by country
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Another example is a nationalization in which the nation in which the company is headquartered buys sufficient shares of the company to obtain a controlling interest. Usually, incumbent equity-holders lose control. The reasons for nationalization may include: Saving a very valuable company from bankruptcy; Confiscation of assets; Executing ...