Prologue: what has capitalism done for us? to us? the dynamics of capitalist development; the sociology of economic theory. Part 1 1750-1945: Birth - the Industrial revolution and classical political economy, 1750-1850 - the start of something big, the state - now you see it, now you don't, emperor cotton, industrialism in the saddle, the brains trust; maturation - global capitalism and neo-classical economics, 1850-1914 - and British industry shall rule the world - for a while, the United Sates, Germany, a digression on the casting of stones, Japan, arise, ye prisoners of starvation!, a place in the sun, economics in wonderland; death throes - chaos, war, depression, war again, economics in disarray, 1914-1945 - the war to end all wars, as you sow, so shall you rap, the big one, new deal, Nazi Germany, through a glass darkly, the waste land, economics - almost out with the old; almost in with the new. Part 2 1945-2000: resurrection - global economy II and crisis; hopeful stirrings in economics - 1945-1975 - the best of times...for some, for a while, Behemoth capitalism unbound, from the ashes arising, super-states, all together now - shop! and borrow!, stagflation - the monster with two heads, economics on a seesaw; new world order - globalisation and financialisation; and decadent economics, 1975-1000 - introduction and retrospect, monopoly capitalism II, giants roaming the earth, the super-state's new masters, the world as capital's oyster.
