A historical sociology of spectacle: economics and the changing modalities of the carnivalesque -- Economies of spectacle and micro-primitive accumulation: a tale of two cities -- The structure of economies of spectacle -- Paying to see: spectator markets, the outlaw biker legend and the Sturgis motorcycle rally -- Paying to be seen: sponsorship markets, branding and the management of legends -- Paying to be seen enjoying: trophy markets, display and surplus enjoyment -- Dark spectacle: authoritarianism and the aestheticization of economics -- The future of economic spectacles: virtual augmentation the dialects of aura.