Introduction -- Book one: The age of commerce, 1660-1860. Preface: Commerce ; Mercantilism ; Organic economy, household economy ; Republican political economy ; Capitalism and the democracy ; Confidence games ; Between slavery and freedom -- Book two: The age of capital, 1860-1932. Preface: Capital ; Civil War and the reconstruction of capital ; Industrialization ; Class war and home life ; The populist revolt ; Fordism ; The Great Depression -- Book three: The age of control, 1932-1980. Preface: Control ; New Deal capitalism ; New world hegemon ; Postwar hinge ; Consumerism ; Ordeal of a golden age ; Crisis of industrial capital -- Book four: The age of chaos, 1980- . Preface: Chaos ; Magic of the market ; The new economy ; The great moderation ; The Great Recession -- Afterword.
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