Yes, it seemed once they got into it, CEOs such as Lee Iacocca, couldn't wait to get another multi-million dollar raise. It drove policy. - That goal of competition has blossomed into who can be the richest individual on the planet, example Jeff Bezos seems to be especially struck by it.

To add to your point, I believe any other goal will be hard pressed to emerge in the wake of the populism that permits, nay, insists the President withdraw from treaties, global warming concerns, and defense organizations of allies; It also drove Britain's exit from the EU, notwithstanding Putin's tampering with all of it.

Globalization seems to threaten a lot of people's sense of national identity. The empathy that would allow unselfish goals to change the way we view each other at home has been bottled up for fear the internet conversation might spark concern for persons on the other side of the world, sparking a still fairly nascent globalization.