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Prologue: what has capitalism done for us? to us? the dynamics ofcapitalist 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 Britishindustry shall rule the world - for a while, the United Sates, Germany, adigression on the casting of stones, Japan, arise, ye prisoners ofstarvation!, a place in the sun, economics in wonderland; death throes -chaos, war, depression, war again, economics in disarray, 1914-1945 - the warto end all wars, as you sow, so shall you rap, the big one, new deal, NaziGermany, through a glass darkly, the waste land, economics - almost out withthe old; almost in with the new. Part 2 1945-2000: resurrection - globaleconomy II and crisis; hopeful stirrings in economics - 1945-1975 - the bestof times...for some, for a while, Behemoth capitalism unbound, from the ashesarising, 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 theearth, the super-state's new masters, the world as capital's oyster.