This book was written by Nobel laureate in economics V.V. Leontiev. However, before you is not just a collection of works by a brilliant scientist who gave the world economy new fruitful ideas. This book is intimate, if you will, domestic. It, along with purely scientific works, included essays, travel essays, reviews, memoirs of a scientist who saw a lot and changed his mind a lot. A special section of the book is made up of reflections by V.V. Leontyev on the historical path of our country, its prospects and difficulties.