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The origins of modern economic progress; estates and classes - thechanging universe; state and society in the age of mercantilism; saving thegoose that was to lay the golden eggs; "Rational Restlessness" - newparadigms in science and society; the age of capital accumulation andinvestment; the birthpains of competitive society; "All things pregnant withtheir contrary"; the Labour movement between reform and revolution; theimprovement of living conditions; the triumph of Fascism and failure of the"Proletarian Counterculture"; Keynes and the era of regulated capitalism;regulated capitalism - the age of prosperity; "The Devil Watches AllOpportunities"; services and the expanding public sector; the gentle demiseof meaningful democracy and competition.