chaos on the cusp

The private sector, now that markets are global, clearly have more influence and power than federal central banks. At one time governments would attempt to change market direction with limited success for an increasingly shorter time. This means that business and politics will continue to merge until it is impossible to tell whether various actions are government or privately oriented. State capitalism will arise especially in those countries where individual rights are not emphasized. Also, a typical morning direction signals for our markets are already coming from the FTSE in the UK; the CAC in Paris; and the DAX in Germany. This is a big change from former years, say the seventies, when the opposite was true. Volume has grown from a few million to shares in the unnoticed billions a day. There are more decision makers in the marketplace than ever before. As population increases and they communicate with each other more institutions like governments will have more and more difficulty maintaining their former control. The more governments provide the more they people who received from the governments will want. It will never satisfy them. The perceived influence of the outrigger masses will rock the ships of state. What this will lead to is anyone's guess. All made possible by our technology oriented minds which shape our future.