At 13:46 10/02/03 -0800, John Gelles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Steve Russell writes: > >"[ Is there a ] political mechanism that even theoretically >might have the power to steer a global marketocracy" ? > >=================================== > > In my view the global market is being steered in > part by its internal needs -- lowest cost as necessary > to achieve market share today. But it is driven too > by forces external to the market -- like the national > power interest that may move American military posts > closer to political centers in the oil rich middle east.
Don't forget how much of the landscape within which enterprises -- whether local, national, international, or transnational -- pursue their strategies are socially constructed. For example, the WTO rule that goods may not discriminated against based on method of production, which is a massive sacrifice of national sovereignty, could be taken out if a sufficiently large coalition of national governments saw it in their interests. Of course, doing this requires splitting corporate interests that are influential within that coalition of national governments, by establishing a clear and respectable counter-argument, which might involve, for example, how a fully globalised system has no floodwalls, and exposes all enterprise to risks emerging from parts of the world that they have no direct contacts with. The problem is to find those real interests that can attract a portion of corporate enterprise to support of a position, and then develop, publish and promulgate. Virtually, Bruce McFarling, Newcastle, NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84IaC.bcVIgP.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
