Today there are two economies in the world. One is preached by Russian liberals. In it, the “invisible hand” of the market puts everything in its place. In it, the country’s standard of living depends on the number of political parties and the frequency of elections. There are many things in this economy, but only one thing is missing - itself. It does not exist in reality. It is not there. What is there? There is a real world economy. In which there is no free competition, but there is tough struggle. Not for life, but for death. Using very effective weapons. Its name is protectionism. Protecting one’s own producers from foreign producers. The history of this struggle is described in Dmitry Zykin’s book “The Forbidden Economy: What Made the West Rich and Russia Poor.” The Navigation Act, as the beginning of the power of Britain. The reasons for the economic vegetation of Latin America. The secrets of the success of South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. The history of Russian tsars supporting their producers. What D.I. Mendeleev wrote about the customs tariff. And much more. What could be more interesting than the history of the economy? Especially the forbidden one...

PSThis is a compilation based on translations1 ) Joe Studwell “The Asian Model of Governance” Japan adopted this model from Chancellor Bismarck in Germany. This model of emerging from backwardness is universal, for all countries and times. 2) Eric Reinert “How rich countries became rich, and why poor countries remain poor.” 3) Ha Jun Chan “Bad Samaritans. The myth of free trade and the secret history of capitalism”, “23 secrets: what they won’t tell you about capitalism”. 4) Friedrich List “National system of political economy”. The holy book in Germany and Japan, when they were emerging from backwardness in the 19th century, and in South Korea in 1961-78.