Wall street programmers are solving humanity's resource allocation problem ;)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-08-24/are-index...
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-08-24/are-index...
However, I've read Mike Milken and, despite his warts, I believe he did radically improve capital allocation. So it certainly has happened over the years. -- edit: I meant about Mike Milken