The system of government must also be able to reinvent itself accordingly, becoming collaborative rather than restrictive. For some time I have been convinced that in our day-to-day lives the primary role of the State is to function as a referee, not an owner, of economic life. Of course, refereeing cannot be confined to dictating the rules of the game and making sure that the players obey them, regulating acceptable behaviour and prohibiting wrongdoing.
La "nouvelle économie" se fonde sur les biens incorporels que sont le savoir, les idées, la gestion de l'information, la flexibilité; dans ce système, le risque, l'incertitude et le changement sont la règle plutôt que l'exception et chaque branche de l'industrie est contrainte à "se réinventer" jour après jour.