Introduction : a southern perspective on the crisis of the empire -- Ch. 1. The road to Baghdad -- Ch. 2. Imperial hubris/imperial overextension -- Ch. 3. Contemporary capitalism's classic crisis -- Ch. 4. The ascendancy of finance -- Ch. 5. The economics of antidevelopment -- Ch. 6. The south rises, and the north prevails -- Ch. 7. George W. Bush and rollback economics -- Ch. 8. Crisis of legitimacy -- Conclusion : the way forward