As the world “flattens”, there are numerous roles in which the government can partake in. Many people agree that competition will increase. Increased competition would lead to difficulty in taxing and polices in some experts views. Yet many feel that the government should use the same techniques as bigger corporations. Some of these tehchniques include but are not limited to the following: outsourcing, supply-chain, insourcing and an open source view towards political processes.

Looking at the bigger picture, we can expect for a flattened government to bring a variety of problems. Many government would focus on “high valued work” from o ther countries. David Rimmer suggests many governments will compete on the following 3 levels: tax rates, productivity of the workforce and the easiness of doing business. He suggests also that increasing the ease would decrease regulation and may improve provided services. Increasing the productivity of the workplace would require the government to find workers outside of their countries.

Nationality would matter at the beginning of the processes. While the world continues to flatten, the importance of nationality would increase, because countries would prefer countries that are willing to accept lower wages.

One problem, I have with the governments being flattened is the possible formation of a global government. Having a global government would unite all countries, in which many would lose their own individual culture values. More information on world government can be found at this website: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/world-government/