"Cover"--"Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of figures" -- "List of tables" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Introduction" -- "SECTION 1: THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN WORLD ECONOMY" -- "1 The global economy, AD 1400-1800: comparisons and relations" -- "2 The British industrial revolution" -- "SECTION 2: ECONOMIC AGENTS" -- "3 Households" -- "4 More on consumer demand" -- "5 Organizations" -- "SECTION 3: HOW MARKETS WORK" -- "6 Competition and power in markets" -- "SECTION 4: MARKET FAILURE" -- "7 When markets fail" -- "SECTION 5: THE GLOBAL MARKET" -- "8 International trade" -- "9 Protectionism and industrialization: a historical perspective" -- "10 Multinational corporations" -- "11 Globalization in the age of empire" -- "SECTION 6: MARKETS: GOOD SERVANTS, BAD MASTERS?" -- "12 The diversity of capitalisms" -- "13 Capitalism and global free markets" -- "14 Why did East Asia grow so fast?