FROM DEPRESSION TO ACTIVATION OF GROWTH IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SPHERES OF UKRAINE
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https://doi.org/10.15407/economyukr.2018.02.003Keywords:
economic crisis, neoliberal theory, economic policy, social state, model of social protection, post-liberal society, national interests, strategic development programAbstract
The role of economic policy based on the neoliberal theory in depression of Ukraine’s economy is considered. It is proved that in Ukraine a plutocratic system has been formed, the basis of which is interpenetrating and mutually complementary interests of subjects of criminal economy and officials of power structures of all levels. Instead of the promised economy of general welfare and equality, the economy of absurdity and paradoxes is reproduced in society. Ukraine’s economy, once one of the most developed economies in the world, turned out to be the most backward in Europe, its people – the poorest, and its oligarchs – the richest (per US$100 thousand of GDP) in the world. There is no doubt that the reproduced system is unnatural and leads our society to a disaster. It is substantiated that Ukraine needs a decisive turn to a fundamentally new way of life, and consequently – to a change in the socio-economic structure of society. The answer to the existing problems and contradictions is to find a new system of theoretical knowledge, what is inherent in science (including social one).
According to the author, to ensure the transition from depression to the growth of the national economy, our country needs to change the model of the market economy, with an emphasis on domestic economic development with a significant expansion of domestic demand, increased consumption and investment. This will contribute to economic sovereignty of the country and increase its export opportunities. An important place in this process should be given to the comprehensive plan for radical reconstruction of the national economy, with an emphasis on the re-industrialization of all spheres of the economy, rational allocation of productive forces and retraining of workers in accordance with the requirements of ITD. To do this, it is necessary to develop a long-term program of strategic development of the country, which should be based on the national interests.
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