I wonder if anyone can advise me on any work that has been done on the  
different stages of global capitalism (I am aware of practically all the  
work on varieties of national capitalisms).  
  
My notion is that there is a fundamental difference between the nature  
of capitalism in traditional societies versus that which developed  
following Bretton Woods, in contrast to that which developed following  
the collapse of Bretton Woods (around 1973 with the oil crisis), as  
against the sort of capitalism we have now (post-1989, when the Berlin  
Wall collapsed).  
  
Other readers of this list may have their own classification of the  
stages....or may disagree that there is any such thing as global  
capitalism.  
  
All positions, ideas, suggestions and advice welcome.  
  
Prabhu Guptara