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