Columnists Gideon Rachman wrote "And now for a world government", Financial Times Dec 9 2008:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a03e5b6-c...077b07658.html
In the bottom...
"In general, the Union(ref. EU) has progressed fastest when far-reaching deals have been agreed by technocrats and politicians – and then pushed through without direct reference to the voters.
International governance tends to be effective, only when it is anti-democratic.
and...
"The world’s most pressing political problems may indeed be international in nature, but the average citizen’s political identity remains
stubbornly local. Until somebody cracks this problem,..."
Go local
