This, dear reader, is not an ordinary book. Its lively language, vivid comparisons, and the authors' interested conversation about the pressing problems of the economic order established in the world will not leave you indifferent. In presenting the most pressing problems of the modern world market, the authors rise to the level of global generalizations. The authors show the modern world as if from an invisible side, revealing its harsh economic reality, which leaves no rosy illusions regarding free competition, freedom and equality for all. This is the world of the industrial-financial elite, which today controls the global economic order. And it is no coincidence that the authors call it a global trap for the entire modern post-industrial civilization. Globalization is becoming one of the most important topics of our time. Two experienced editors of the weekly Der Spiegel, having collected factual material from around the world, offer the reader their vision of the problem. This is the first time this topic has been presented so clearly and deeply. The authors demonstrate the underbelly of the financial world, political life and corporate activities, leaving no illusions about fair competition, freedom and equality for all.