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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About 10 percent of the private sector and 37 percent in the public sector are unionized, according to the AFL-CIO.
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In the public sector , scarcity is more important than price.
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In the 1980s Conservatives have been more likely to evaluate the mediating institutions according to whether or not they are in the public sector .
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Leftist labor unions and their statist allies may scream but the public sector needs pruning.
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Only time will tell if this is a serious effort at improving both public sector accountability and overall performance.
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Ronald Reagan often argued that by cutting public sector spending, we could liberate voluntary efforts from the oppressive arm of government.
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The private-sector contribution to these schemes was intended to be several times larger than that of the public sector .
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The relevance of SSAPs to the public sector has never been entirely clear.