The Internet and economy are both not machines, but networks of machines interacting by some agreed-upon protocol (Internet Protocol in the internet's case, lot

The Internet and economy are both not machines, but networks of machines interacting by some agreed-upon protocol (Internet Protocol in the internet's case, lots of tangled multinational foreign legislation in the economy's case). Break the networks down far enough and you'll find the individual component's owners/creators. Even the protocols were created by specific people (and for specific reasons! The design philosophy of the internet protocol is pretty interesting reading) even if those people are no longer involved in the operation of the networks.