▁medical ▁journal ▁initially ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁found ▁that ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁a ▁million ▁working ▁men ▁died ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁economic ▁shock s ▁associated ▁with ▁mass ▁priv at ization ▁in ▁the ▁former ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁and ▁in ▁Eastern ▁Europe ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , P riv at isation ▁' ra ised ▁death ▁rate '. ▁BBC , ▁ 1 5 ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Retrieved ▁ 2 9 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁although ▁a ▁further ▁study ▁revealed ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁errors ▁in ▁their ▁method ▁and ▁" cor rel ations ▁reported ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁article ▁are ▁simply ▁not ▁robust ." ▁Histor ian ▁Walter ▁Sche idel , ▁a ▁special ist ▁in ▁ancient ▁history , ▁pos its ▁that ▁economic ▁inequality ▁and ▁wealth ▁concentration ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁percent ile ▁" had ▁been ▁made ▁possible ▁by ▁the ▁transfer ▁of ▁state ▁assets ▁to ▁private ▁own ers ." ▁ ▁In ▁Latin ▁America , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁dis cre p ancy ▁between ▁the ▁economic ▁efficiency ▁of ▁priv at ization ▁and ▁the ▁political / social ▁ram ifications ▁that ▁occur . ▁On ▁the ▁one ▁hand , ▁economic ▁indic ators , ▁including ▁firm ▁profit ability , ▁product ivity , ▁and ▁growth , ▁project ▁positive ▁micro e conom ic ▁results . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁however , ▁these ▁results ▁have ▁largely ▁been ▁met ▁with ▁a ▁negative ▁criticism ▁and ▁citiz en ▁coal itions . ▁This ▁ne oli ber al ▁criticism ▁highlight s ▁the ▁on going ▁conflict ▁between ▁varying ▁vis ions ▁of ▁economic ▁development . ▁Karl ▁Pol any