1. The inevitability and inhumanity of capitalism -- 2. How society protects itself -- 3. The European idea of the home -- 4. The Chinese family -- 5. European sects, guilds and trade unions -- 6. Japanese business corporations -- 7. Personal Thais, and how they survived the boom -- 8. Versions of the European state -- 9. The state in China and Japan -- 10. How we survived capitalism -- 11. The coming crisis