About the book: 1989 / In the second half of the 20th century. interest in the ideas of “Tectology” (1913-1928) increased in connection with the development of cybernetics. The work is interesting in that a number of provisions and concepts developed within the framework of tectology (“chain connection”, “minimum principle”, etc.) are also applicable to constructing cybernetic models of economic processes and solving economic planning problems. The reissue of the book is intended for a trained reader familiar with V.I. Lenin’s assessment of “A Short Course in Economic Science” (1897) and criticism of the idealistic system of “empiriomonism” given in the work “Materialism and Empiriocriticism” (1908). For scientific workers.