If customers are satisfied with marketing and politics rather than quality, then the bad systems will continue. If we as the market ask for somthing it will be brought, however if the market tells us what we want, we'll get things we don't need and aren't ultimately good for us, perhaps because they undercut our society with poor working conditions and low wages for employee. We say the market made me do it. As customers, being willing to pay a fair price so that our vendors actually make a living might mean we pay a higher markup, but get a sustained supplier. I don't thnk we're on the planet for economic activity alone, but that is what life is becoming.
All markets are regional and the economy is global.
Two or more crossing boundaries to solve a problem is regional cooperation. For sustainability, design with re-use in mind.