《 Contents 》

A look at the landscape -- After Adam -- The enduring iterim -- The merchants and the State -- The French design -- The new world of Adam Smith -- Refinement, affirmation and the seeds of revolt -- The Great Classical tradition, I: Around the margins -- The Great Classical tradition, 2: The mainstream -- The Great Classical tradition, 3: The defense of the faith -- The grand assault -- The separate personality of money -- American concerns: trade and trusts; enriched and the rich -- Completion and criticism -- The primal force of the Great Depression -- The birth of the welfare state -- John Maynard Keynes -- Affirmation by Mars -- High noon -- Twilight and evening bell -- The present as the future, I -- The present as the future, 2.