A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy is a groundbreaking volume of theory and strategy on political economy and polity of the twenty-first century. Distilled in concrete terms, it elucidates the enigma of oil in view of the centrality of global social relations.

Preface -- Chapter 1 Reality and Theory -- Chapter 2 Empirically-Grounded Theory -- Chapter 3 Bankground: Banking and Causality -- Chapter 4 Dynamics of Bank Panics -- Chapter 5 Control in an Economic System -- Chapter 6 Great Depression -- Chapter 7 Topological Economic Theory -- Chapter 8...