It can and does flash around the globe in milliseconds. What the MAI gives effect to is the new phony meaning of 'free trade'. If national governments try to interfere or obstruct them in any way the MNCs and global inverstors can sue them in a special international tribunal. Freedom' in a civilised order must necessarily be limited and carry with it responsibility for the effects of one's actions on others. To excuse such irrationalism, the myth has been invented that such behavior will be 'good for everybody'.
Civilisation becomes a jungle with buildings.
Greed is right. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. That is garbage, of course. Greed is possibly the most destructive force in the world. Greed by definition is 'irrational self-interest'.