A book "Riches and poverty of people" is in the format of the 10-minute reading : reviews of the best books, only most important and useful.David С. Лэндис - one of the most prominent post-war American historians, deserved professor of history and economy of the Harvard university. Лэндис asserts that this book needs to be read twice: one time - to get common presentation, and second time - for the sake of interesting details.QUOTATION: "If us history of economic development teaches anything, so it that all depends on a culture . Although a culture, in sense of internal values and options that manage a population, frights scientists".