Contents -- 1. TWO VIEWS OF THE FUTURE -- 2. FOUR CYCLES OF CAPITAL ACCUMULATION -- 3. THE ONSET OF SYSTEMIC CHAOS -- 4. SEVEN EXPLANATIONS FOR THE END OF THE GOLDEN AGE -- 5. THE RISE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM -- 6. THE END OF ORGANISED ( NATIONAL) CAPITALISM -- 7. DISORGANISATION OF THE PERIPHERY -- 8. UNDERMINING ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY -- 9. GROWING OBSOLESCENCE OF THE NATION STATE -- 10. REHEARSAL FOR EMPIRE -- 11. THE END OF THE WESTPHALIAN ORDER -- 12. STRUGGLE FOR HEGEMONY -- 13. LOSS OF HEGEMONY -- 14. TOWARDS DARKNESS -- Acknowledgements -- Index.