Economics is one of the most important sciences for our daily life, because it is economic processes that directly affect both public policy and the well-being and social status of each individual. This edition contains the program works of V. Petty, A. Smith, D. Ricardo, J. Keynes, M. Friedman - the greatest scientists of the last three centuries, whose works had a decisive impact on the development of world economic thought and served as the basis for the creation of leading scientific schools.