Comment: I think you might fail to

I think you might fail to grasp the basis of this concept of globalisation. The example is confined, in the main, to western nations that embraced this insidious concept willingly, particularly AU in the Asia Pacific region and EU.
The so called 'captains of industry' can be readily identified by looking toward those that fund the lobbyists, those that control the international corporations, corporate CEO's and industrial magnates.
Simply look at the Bilderburg Group to answer your questions.
Where does the funding eminate? the international banking cartel naturally.

It's not so much about who is behind the closed door as much as where does the buck stop, and that is clearly the politicians that implement these subversive agendas and the UN policy that drives them.
Look to history to seek the answers, then look to the present to predict the future.

Many have already suggested the the FED has caused the problem in the US, others the wages bubble and union intervention. Let me suggest that the means of implementation, or the cause attributed to the UN agenda is irrelevant, as the consequences are the same.
The production and jobs in America are moving offshore at an alarming rate, and the status quo is conspicuous in the absence of any action to curtail that trend. This is something that is going to have a dramatic impact on the domestic economy, and will not cease, let alone be turned around in the forseeable future.