Part 1 Post-war reconstruction, 1945-50: chaos and despair; behind the chaos; great power policies; the first two years; Marshall aid - the United States changes tack; the new turn in Europe and Japan; towards the boom. Part 2 The great boom, 1950-74: the golden yeas; a new managed capitalism?; the eclipse of US domination; overaccumulation; overheating; oil and the crash of 1974. Part 3 Coping with the slowdown: the great slowdown; workers and the organization of production; international relations; reversing the consensus; against the tie; capitalism triumphs?. Data appendix.
