Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Origins of modern capitalism-- The post 1945 economic dispensation in the West-- The end of the boom and the neo-classical reaction-- The illusion of orthodoxy-- Incurable addiction to state support-- Globalisation and the power vacuum-- Technological nemesis-- Coping with the capital glut-- wider symptoms of disintegration-- A crisis of legitimacy-- can the profits system be saved-- political paralysis-- essential features of a sustainable world order