Basement wall tipping

[Peter Burnside]

I have a basement wall with some horizontal cracks and a bit of stair-stepping.  The inward tipping is between 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch (difference between top and bottom of 7 foot wall) .There was a water issue because the driveway on the side of the house was tilted toward the house. I'm going to fix the driveway and water issue.

The basement guys would like to sell me support beams at about 10k, but can't really tell me whether or not this is a serious issue.  70 year old house.  Most of the wall looks fine. What are your thoughts on this?