Most contemporary social systems are failing. The educational system deteriorates as functional illiteracy increases. Head Start is said to be a failure. So-called healthcare institutions fail to provide needed care to more than 40 million people. In fact, there is considerable evidence that the alleged health care system itself produces and maintains illness and disability. The United States has a higher percentage of its population in prison than any other developed country, but nevertheless has the highest crime rate. Most of the corporations formed each year fail before the year is up. The number of corporate bankruptcies is on an increasing trend. The average life of an American corporation is now about fourteen and a half years. Half the corporations on the Fortune 500 list twenty-five years ago no longer exist. One could go on and on citing deficiencies in the management of our principal social systems.