The new source of wealth is not material, it is information. Now, computerized fuel injectors allow them to run 22 miles on the same amount of fuel, thereby effectively increasing the world supply of gasoline by one-third. It used to take 165 pounds of aluminum to make one thousand cans. Now, it only takes 30 pounds. As we push further into the information age, matter will no longer matter.
Centralized command is over.
Hierarchal, corporate bureaucracies are over. We are moving from monolithic palace structures to a world of tents-fast, flexible, and immediate response to changing customer demands. The information economy demands agility and the efficiency of market signals which government does not possess. The answer is privatization wherever possible and then some. Public bureaucracies never plan their own demise.