Government & Economics 4.0: A More Fair, Just, and Equitable World, for the Long-Term Survival of Mankind

Governance and economics are the underpinnings of every family, neighbourhood, Town, City, Province or Territory, Country, and our World. As our world has become increasingly complex, and wonderfully nuanced over the past 50 to 100 years, the backbone of our global society, has done the opposite; it has been stagnant, stale and resolute. These three adjectives do not bode well for the evolution, prosperity or survival of mankind. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted already existing inefficiencies in our current form of governance, and inequities in our current practice of economics; meanwhile, our climate physics continue their downward trajectory. If we continue to rely on the dynamism of a democratic system of governance and capitalism, our society may be in grave danger. We use a democratic system of governance and promote capitalism. Therefore, our society is in grave danger. If we value our future; if we would like our species to survive The Anthropocene, governance and economics in their current state, must change, now. Welcome, Government & Economics 4.0. Government & Economics 4.0 is a system designed to produce a more fair, just and equitable world, for the long-term survival of mankind. Government & Economics 4.0 achieves its' primary function by repurposing some key relationships within, and between, the institutions that govern us; elevating our relationship with money by measuring what matters; and, changing the culture of Government. Is Government & Economics 4.0 perfect? Easy answer, "no"; however, in design, is a system that allows society to explore its perfection, as it relates to the survival of our species. Government & Economics 4.0 facilitates a new way of using the tools of government and economics to support, not only, the quality of our lives as individuals, but also the quality of our lives as a human race, which will result, in the survival of the human race. Government & Economics 4.0 increases the quality of life of all citizens by addressing the shortcomings of our political systems, and our current model of economics; moreover, by applying a full and complete understanding of what is of value, to the entirety of our current systems. The appropriate way to look at Government & Economics 4.0, and the appropriate questions to ask upon completion of this thesis are: Is this framework more responsive to our current needs in a rapidly evolving society? Is Government & Economics 4.0 a good system? And, with reasonable assumptions made, can the values, principles, goals, and metrics employed by Government & Economics 4.0 produce its primary outcome?