ECONOMIC MENTALITY AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR OF RUSSIANS AS A FACTOR IN THE CHOICE OF IDEOLOGY OF ECONOMIC REFORMS IN MODERN RUSSIA

Abstract

The article considers the basic ideology of economic reforms, which are currently under consideration by the Russian government as a potential basis for Russia's economic future. It is emphasized that the progress and success of potential structural economic reforms in Russia today will largely depend on the compatibility of their ideological bases and practical content to the Russian economic mentality, which determines the economic behavior of the Russians. The authors conclude that the Russian economic mentality, which is based on economic statism and paternalism, will build in the Russian Federation effectively functioning market economy, if the basis will be taken the concept of economic reforms proposed by the experts Stolypin club, implying orientation to significant state intervention in the market economic processes.