It has been far more successful than we might have thought. But crucial interventions are needed to make it function properly. Thus we should constructively engage globalising processes, see how can we shape them. The market-driven economy has proven most resilient to opposition. They have also demonstrated an inability to promote technological innovation while at the same time proving environmentally destructive.
Protectionist economies represent another failed strategy of opposition to the market.
Here only partial participation in the global economy is permitted, in order to protect local industry. High trade barriers are intended as a hedge, but prove disastrous as the Great Depression proved. The third route identified by le Roux is to totally de-link from the world global economy, to avoid dependency entirely. This was tried in Burma, with destructive consequences. They are simply unimportant.