The book by Ludwig Erhard, a German economist and statesman, summarizes the experience of the development and practical implementation of economic reform in post-war Germany (FRG). This reform went down in history as the “German miracle” and served as a model for many countries around the world that were solving similar problems of transition from a “forced economy” to a social market economy. Erhard's book, published in 1956, has been reprinted several times and translated into many languages. The first edition in Russian was published in Germany in 1960. For students and university teachers, economists, managers, politicians, practitioners of economic reforms. Due to the accessibility of the presentation, the book is of interest to a wide range of readers.