1. Birth: the Industrial Revolution and classical political economy, 1750-1850.
2. Maturation: Global capitalism and neoclassical economics, 1850-1914.
2. Death throes: chaos, war, depression, war again; economics in disarray, 1914-45.
4. Resurrection: global economy II and its crisis; hopeful stirrings in economics: 1945-75.
5. New world order: globalization and financialization; and decadent economics, 1975-2000.