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НАРОДНАЯ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКАЯ ТЕОРИЯ И ФЕНОМЕН ОТСТУПЛЕНИЯ ДЕМОКРАТИИ

FOLK ECONOMICS AND DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING PHENOMENON

Страницы: 45-58
УДК: 303.01, 330.11, 330.161
JEL: D70

Авторы

Тамбовцев Виталий Леонидович

д.э.н., профессор

ORCID: 0000

tambovtsev@econ.msu.ru

  • главный научный сотрудник, Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова (Москва)
Получена: 06.10.2024
Принята в печать: 22.10.2024

Аннотация

В статье анализируется влияние так называемой народной экономической теории, достаточно широко распространённой среди неспециалистов, на электоральные процессы, происходящие последние годы в ряде демократических стран, часто трактуемые как отступление демократии. Для этого рассматривается понятие народной экономической теории, её содержание, причины и источники возникновения, а также факторы её устойчивости во времени. Показывается, что соответствующие убеждения состоят в понимании экономики как игры с нулевой суммой. На этой основе даётся обзор исследований тех политических последствий, которые генерирует народная экономическая теория. Характеризуется политический процесс, трактуемый как отступление демократии, и показывается, что фактор наличия у населения различных стран народных экономических убеждений является одной из причин возникновения процесса отступления демократии. На этой основе делается вывод о том, что действенные меры по преодолению отступления демократии должны включать также и действия по обеспечению отступления убеждений народной экономической теории.

Ключевые слова

народная экономическая теорияигра с нулевой суммойотступление демократии

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