The book focuses on the largest multinationals and their role in a globalizing economy. It examines the reasons for the rapid development of these very large corporations (OKK) in the late XX - early XXI centuries, their role in individual regions and countries, as well as in the most important sectors of the world economy. The relations of the QCD with the state and other subjects of economic activity, the impact of the QCD on solving the most important problems of mankind at the present stage are analyzed: on ecology, energy and military security, social responsibility of corporations, the development of the "third world. "Special attention is paid to the activities of the largest corporations in Russia. The authors sought to combine a strictly scientific approach to analyzing the activities of the OKK with a bright and popular presentation form so that the book would be of interest not only to specialists, but also to a wide range of readers.