Company managers were aware of possible problems, the report states.

Growth rates for most regions except Africa have come down since the mid-1960's, in some cases more than was expected, the report states.

Presented with those findings, the government did nothing, the report states.

The change has reduced the rates, the report states - in 1999, for one, by about half a percentage point.

"The American economy is the largest and most productive in the world," the report states.

At that point, the report states, "the issue became how to explain the situation."

In that same period, the department's budget decreased by 7 percent, to $4.2 million, the report states.

As the report states, progress has already been made in a very short time.

Of course society should have powerful tools to bring about freedom, security and justice, as the report states.

However, that does not make the state neutral, as the report states.