Are we able, living in an era of global warming and globalization, political and economic crises, to imagine what future awaits us very soon? Maya Göpel, Doctor of Economics and public figure, in her book touches on the sore 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 economics has evolved 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.