The central economic problems of all societies include traditional questions
such as what, where, how, how much, and for whom goods and services
should be produced. But they should also include the fundamental question at
the national level about who actually makes or influences economic decisions
and for whose principal benefit these decisions are made. Finally, at the international
level, it is necessary to consider the question of which nations and
which powerful groups within nations exert the most influence with regard to
the control, transmission, and use of technology, information, and finance.
Moreover, for whom do they exercise this power?