A book about poverty and wealth. Pososhkov I.T.

Very little is known about Ivan Tikhonovich: the thinker, a self-taught economist, the son of a wealthy peasant in the era of the reign of Peter I, was repressed and died in the Peter and Paul Prison in 1726. Such mystery fascinates no less than his main work - "Books on poverty and wealth." “The Book of Motion and Wealth” is a personal appeal of Pososhkov to the emperor, where the author sets out his vision of the country's material problems, gives advice on solving different issues. For the current reader, this is an encyclopedic essay on politics, law, economics, religion and military affairs; A first -class source of information about Russian history.