摘要：The roles of government are three: a) to design and implement social contracts for fairnessand safety among citizens and secure commerce, b) to produce public goods for society inwhich capture of financial returns to investment are either difficult, expensive, or tooexclusionary, and c) to otherwise assist the private sector in being sleek and competitiveworldwide. Ease and low cost access to knowledge and commerce on the internet and easymobility of capital and labor are making some governmental services less relevant. However,public goods are still public goods and social contracts are still an expression of culture, sogovernmental institutions will remain engaged. The key criterion to judge the effectiveness ofgovernmental services will be: value added. An important element of context within whichgovernmental programs will change is a society which is restless, untrusting, and tired of thepace of change. Groups are quick to promulgate, and large segments of citizens are quickto adopt, fear of change and questions of the definition of progress surrounding issues ofgenetic improvement, efficiently sized companies, and communication technologies.
