Conclusions

Abstract

The new world of the web, of global capital, of footloose businesses and of rapid technical change is teeming with opportunity. It is also making the old political ideas look rather dated. This book has shown how the new technology will drive changes in the way we work, shop and play. The relentless movement to a global market is giving ever more scope to the English-speaking world to sell its computers, its information, its culture and its entertainment. It is making national government solutions irrelevant or unhelpful, as the pace of change outstrips the capacity of individual governments to keep up.