Governments are no longer the lead players in the economic system.
During the last 10 years, in most of the world's countries, the decline of the State has been an undeniable reality. For example, there is even talk of privatizing international security by sending private mercenaries instead of the United Nations into countries such as Sierra Leone. My four years as Canada's ambassador to the OECD taught me three things. First, the ability of governments to act on their own continues to shrink. They are no longer the leading players in the economic system.