Bitcoin has the potential to change the world economy. Yet it is far from controlling it.
I would argue that no currency has the power to become a world currency or control the world economy. This is because somewhere, there will always be someone who may disagree with the current form of currency being used and strive to create a better one.
Furthermore, since Bitcoin is decentralized, there would need to be something to pull all Bitcoin together in order to create world-wide currencies to control the economy, which is not possible at this point in time.