The main argument in favor of studying economics by non-economist students is that economics explores problems that concern all people without exception. All people are involved in the sphere of economic life (they make purchases, receive income, pay taxes, etc.) p. ). Every person sooner or later asks questions: what does wages depend on, why prices rise, why in one country the standard of living is higher than in another, what is more profitable - to work for hire or organize your own business? As the author of the world-famous textbook "Economics", Nobel Prize winner P. Samuelson, "for a man who has not systematically studied economic theory, it is a great difficulty not only to answer these questions, but even the very attempt to think them through properly. He's like a deaf man trying to give his grade to a piece of music.". The study of economics gives students not only ready knowledge in the field of economic theory, but forms an economic way of thinking, acquaints them with the methods of economic analysis necessary for understanding economic processes and phenomena occurring in the life of society. According to the largest economist XX in . J. M. Keynes: "Economic Theory ... It is a method rather than a teaching, an intellectual tool, a technique of thinking, helping those who possess it to come to the right conclusions. The textbook should help students to independently work on the course of economics . The presentation of the theoretical material in it is combined with the analysis of the state of a particular economic problem in Russia. This will allow students to better understand the past and present of Russia, to understand the essence of the ongoing economic reforms, the prospects for the development of the Russian economy. Along with the theoretical material, the textbook contains questions for self-control, the answers to which contribute to the understanding of the material being studied. The conclusions at the end of the chapter make it possible to summarize the material studied . The book can be used as a self-study manual or complete with an electronic information and training system. Screenshot: Don't forget to say "Thank you"!