Into the twentieth century -- I: Last best years of the golden age, 1896-1914. Global capitalism triumphant … economy -- II: Things fall apart, 1914-1939. "All that is solid melts into air..." -- The world of tomorrow -- The established … of Bretton Woods -- IV: Globalization, 1973-2000. Crisis and change -- Globalizers victorious -- Countries catch up …

Question? -- 1. The future of globalisation / Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson -- 2. Financial globalization?: history … crisis / Gary Dymski -- 7. The multiplicity of distributional outcomes across the world: diversities of fundamentals or … corporations in the world economy / Gerald Epstein -- 10. Foreign direct investment and development from a gender perspective …