Today's Global Economy is very top-down driven with the government making all the decisions and regulations as it relates to doing business globally

Today's Global Economy is very top-down driven with the government making all the decisions and regulations as it relates to doing business globally.  What are some advantages and disadvantages to this approach?  Is there another approach that might work better?

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