The definition of the term "economy" is very broad - it is the entirety of economic activity conducted in a specific region. It includes the broad subject of the production of goods and their distribution. Today, the economy is divided into three sectors: agriculture, industry, services. Construction is often added to this division. Economic life is also the culture of work, its organization and legal framework. In the historical aspect, it is also the changing conditions of conducting production depending on the social system and the current political situation. The economy is workplaces: workshops, manufactories, factories and outwork and cottage forms of conducting business; forms of association and defense of one's rights and the fight against competition. Economic activity is conducted by specific people - as owners and organizers, rationalizers and ordinary employees. The products of work can serve to fulfill everyday activities, but also be works of art or means of transforming the world. The economy has always had an impact on the lives of individuals and entire societies, often on the formation of regional differences. In the case of the borderland, we will be concerned with the issues of transfer of technology and ideas, as well as the impact of political events on the economic migration of people and trade contacts between Greater Poland and Silesia.