Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Modern Economic Growth -- 1. Modern Economic Growth -- 2. Economic Determinism and the Twentieth-Century Experience -- 3. The General and the Particular in Modern Economic Growth -- Part 2 Agrarian Societies and Capitalism -- 4. Traditional Agrarian Society -- 5. A Different Path -- 6. The Phenomenon of Antiquity -- 7. Capitalism and the Rise of Europe -- Part 3 The Trajectory of Russia's Development -- 8. Particular Features of Russia's Economic Development -- 9. The Collapse of an Empire -- Part 4 Major Issues of the Postindustrial World -- 10. The Postsocialist Crisis and Recovery Growth -- 11. The Dynamics of Population and International Migration -- 12. The State Burden on the Economy -- 13. The Formation and Crisis of Systems of Social Safeguards -- 14. The Evolution of Education and Healthcare Systems -- 15. The Transformation of the System for Manning the Armed Forces -- 16. On the Stability and Flexibility of Political Systems -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.