Are we, living in an era of global warming and globalization, political and economic crises, able to imagine what kind of future awaits us very soon? Maya Goepel, Doctor of Economics and public figure, in her book touches on the pain points of human civilization at the beginning of the 21st century - mass extinction, overconsumption, the gap between rich and poor, the consequences of progress in science and technology. She explains the rules by which modern economic theory develops from Adam Smith to Tom Piketty and tells how we can avoid disaster and change the world for the better so that our children and grandchildren do not have to pay too high a price for our mistakes.