For numbers - life itself. The essays that make up the book that is now in front of you tell about this. Written in the genre of art journalism, these essays, like the previous books of I.S. Strogov ("Counting begins with one" and "Familiar stranger"), show on live specific material how important and interesting it is to understand a number, to be able to handle it. They awaken a taste for an economy that speaks to us in the language of numbers. Everyone should learn this expressive and accurate language. And whoever learns him will love him! A book of science fiction essays about the modern economy, which speaks to us in the language of numbers.