There are plenty in power now who would disagree with your definition of economy. Sometimes law and policy is ignorant of technical concerns, but quite often i

There are plenty in power now who would disagree with your definition of economy. Sometimes law and policy is ignorant of technical concerns, but quite often it is aware and simply has a more selfish agenda. Prime example of this is modern US copyright and patent laws and enforcement. As long as elected officials have to raise funds to campaign and win, elected officials will be beholden to the people who financed them. If politicians didn't write special laws and loopholes for corporate special interests, they wouldn't last more than one term. They would be replaced by the next challenger who would take special interest money and then "pay it back" via special laws.