Some commentators are concerned that the FSB lacks the authority to enforce the rules, and have argued that it must evolve to a treaty-based organization with the power to sanction its members. While this may ultimately prove to be the case, so far, this has not been demonstrated. The FSB is making good progress on the basis of consensus and cooperation.
In both periods, the myriad of restrictions needs to be abolished, and structural reform needs to take hold. But there are also important differences between the transformation process and post-war recovery. The Marshall Plan was effective at least in part because Europe had experience with markets. It possessed the institutions needed for their operation.