Bogunov L.A.
North Kazakhstan State University named after M. Kozybayev
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND SOME ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC
THINKING
Priorities
for improving the competitiveness of national economies, the study of factors
cause the increase of social and economic benefits of its citizens. Public
and individual economic thinking are constituent
and defining parts of competitiveness and efficiency. In this connection,
there is the necessity for determination of the principles and aspects of the
implementation of economic thinking in the social and economic state programs.
Herewith
an economic thinking, according to researchers, should be understood as
follows: L.I. Abalkin: "a set of views and ideas how to approach the
assessment of events and decisions that people just are guided by economic
activity" [1, p. 9]; A.U. Arkhipov: "a learning process, development
of economic reality, training, development of standards for economic, rational
behavior, forecasting economic developments, the development of action"
[2, p. 16]; V.D. Popov: "property rights of person, social community to
interpret the economic phenomena, to perceive them, learn and relate economic
concepts, categories, theory and reality and appropriately navigate in the
economic life" [3, p. 146]; K.A. Ulybin: "a reflection of human
patterns of social production in the form of concepts, and more specifically,
in their particular system, the logical connection" [4, p. 9]. There are
the other definitions, but most of them fit in the canvas of above aforesaid
approaches.
Describing
the economic thinking of economic individual, we proceed from the principle
that “markets are usually the best way to organize economic activity on the one
hand, and on the other hand, a rational individual takes an action based on the
fact that the marginal benefits from its activities exceed marginal
costs”. According to this approach, the economic thinking can act as the
fundamental vector, which determines the success or the failure of the economic
subject (individual) activities.
At the
same time, proceeding from the principle that “on the one hand markets
optimally organize the economic activity of economic agents, naturally helping
to search for alternatives and competition, polishing and rejecting effective
and ineffective points in the economic thinking of the individual, but on the
other hand, the government through the public policy can create the appropriate
economic thinking ", we think of possible talking about aspects of such
formation.
Thus,
based on the principles outlined above, the content of economic thinking and
tools of its implementation, namely, economic education and training aimed at
the formation of an effective competitive economic thinking, which should
include experience of the existing system of training of economists, plus new
approaches economic education become more understandable.
That is
the theoretical aspect of the formation of economic thinking must come not from
the formation of the economic consciousness of the subject ready to
conclusions, but from the readiness for innovative thinking activity - in the
impact of the economic interdependence of thought and reality, which is implemented
in practice.
The
next aspect of the implementation of economic thinking is economic training,
including training, not only of specialists in economics, but also of
non-economic fields. In order for the further implementation of
theoretical knowledge and practical skills in their profession, the subject
could come from the socio-economic priorities of contemporary market demands.
Such an
effective economic mental activity in terms of the current economic situation,
we believe, can provide the economic thinking of the subject. In this
connection, we believe it is important to pay attention to proper training not
only of economists.
Along
with the above denoted aspects, the formation of the current market thinking at
different ages of the population should be given. The significance of this
approach is due to the following circumstances.
First,
the formation of economic thinking, namely the readiness to innovate mental
activity should be conducted in the period of secondary education, and perhaps
even during the pre-school education and training, of course, regardless of
future career-oriented focus. Because, and this is indicated above, economic
self-realization of a specialist of any profession is essential to him even if
as a consequence of the application of his professional competence.
Secondly,
people have been educated on any of the specialties, unfortunately, are beyond
the educational space. The reason for this is, in particular, in their own
reluctance to further education, as well as the habit of thinking that once
received education is enough. In this connection, the rapid socio-economic
changes, become an insurmountable obstacle for such people and always reduces
the adaptation of economic opportunities. Moreover, with age, this trend
is growing, and, therefore, we are to speak about the long life economic
training.
The
final aspect of the implementation of economic thinking has to be the
consideration of the objective conditions of the real market
relations. And, then, changes in these conditions, regulated by the
economic policy of the state will change and the economic thinking of people in
the state.
Thus,
all these approaches to the implementation of economic thinking as a mechanism
to improve the socio-economic competence and efficiency of economic rights
should fit into the outline of the state policy, which consists in creating the
appropriate conditions – schools, centers, carrying out educational programs
under the current socio-economic projects.
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1.
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«Экономика», 1987. – 190 с.
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