Originally Posted by Luap

I agree with a more active UN as an international political institution that could parallel the international economic order, on the condition of reform. If it is going to be a public institution more closely affecting the people of the world, then I think steps should be taken to make their voices more able to shape the institution's policies. For such a system though, there'd have to be change at the national level as well.

Overall, I think minimal regulation and intervention in the form of social safety-nets is the best way to offset the harmful consequences of business--the problem is that no institutions exist to play that role in the context of the global economy. Perhaps the probable replacement of the nation-state with a sort of continent-state (if continental-unions follow that path) will make cooperation toward such a global agenda more possible.