I think that in the long run our civilization will be more resilient with a number of regional economies that have only modest interconnections that one big global economy where a single shock can disrupt everything. It will take time and considerable thought to make the transition, but in the end it will likely be better for both cultural diversity and local economies.

There is a brief description of of what a sustainable, resilient and ethical civilization could look like in the Aspen Proposal. www.aspenproposal.org