Globalization => Regio-nationality.

creating the optimal conditions for the interplay of their rivalry to satisfy the collective interest.

Soo...
1. Competition is encouraged, but not co-operation.
Hm, ok. What is the reason for that blinkered focus? Is there some sort of moral imperative guiding this limited choice?

2. Lots and lots of "competition" equates with high volatility and less stability (companies going under, being bought out, products flickering in and out of existence), and also cheap, shoddy goods & food as corners are cut to try to reach the lowest price. Also, lower-wage jobs. As can be plainly seen.

3. to satisfy the collective interest
What, indeed, is the 'collective interest' here? Merely cheap prices? Volatility? Increased monopolization of globe-spanning industries? Periodic but unpredictable & uncontrollable "recessions" as so much bad economic weather that fucks up peoples lives? An unstable economy? More shitty jobs?

Or.. Universal (free) education? The ability to earn a living and support a family? The end of prohibition? Guaranteed minimum income? Reducing the prison populations?

When Boeing whines about competition it is lying through its teeth. They only have ONE competitor, Airbus! Airbus is based in France, a union-friendly country. "Competition" is in no way an excuse for them to engage in union-busting. It's all about redistributing money from workers to shareholders, not growing the pie.

neoliberalism is currently moving toward the end of reducing prison populations. even Paul Ryan's poverty plan includes moves to reduce sentences.

the aerospace industry's pie is not growing? there r not more planes than before? this is interesting

@ treacle: yes - cheaper prices and better paying jobs for people in places where previously there were few jobs. Germany and Texas have the most neoliberal housing markets, and the cheapest rents. Latin Europe (including union-friendly France) has the least neoliberal labor markets, and the lowest employment rates. private sector labor markets r neoliberal - cheap consumer goods, record profitsi. public sector labor is protected - gov services get cut, govs r broke

E. Asia living standards enormously improved