A book by Alan Greenspan. who headed the US Federal Reserve System for more than 18 years is not like the memoirs that retired politicians and statesmen usually write. It is rather a global economic analysis, based on the personal experience and worldview of a consistent defender of the market system. That is why the book consists of two parts. The first is devoted to the formation of the author's personality and the formation of his views, and the second is the conceptual basis for understanding the new global economy in which we live today. The book examines the most important elements of the developing global environment: principles of management dating back to the Enlightenment; energy infrastructure; global financial imbalances and fundamental changes in the world demographic situation, posing a threat to further development; concerns about the fairness of the distribution of results. In conclusion, the author tries to imagine what the nature of the world economy will be like in 2030. The publication is supplemented by an epilogue dedicated to the global financial crisis.