Affiliation:
1. State University of Infrastructure and Technologies
2. National transport university
Abstract
The study summarized the theoretical and methodological foundations of long-term economic growth. Five main approaches to the analysis and interpretation of the problems of long-term economic growth and qualitative systemic changes are considered, namely, the neoclassical theory of growth, the new theory of growth, the theory of the real business cycle, the new institutional economics, and the theory of sustainable development. Based on the results of the analysis, the content of the theories is disclosed, and signs and main factors of growth are identified. Further scientific research made it possible to form a list of methods for interpreting long-term growth, which included the concepts of egalitarian development, democratic development, innovative development, digital transformations, green economy, circular economy, and inclusive development. Based on the results of the essential analysis of theories and methods, the logics of the development of the theoretical basis was rebuilt and the basic concepts were systematized. It was found that in accordance with modern approaches, the active role of the state and the need to strengthen the institutional foundations of economic activity as the basis for ensuring the efficiency of the financial system and free competition and the creation of autonomous incentive mechanisms for strict observance of the institutional order by all subjects of economic relations are actualized. It is on such foundations that the concepts of sustainability develop, the methodological basis of which is differentiated depending on the focus. The content of the main theoretical and methodological concepts (approaches) of long-term economic growth and systemic transformations is of perspective importance, and due to a vision designed for the future, it becomes possible to understand much better the potential opportunities and possible threats to economic development at the macro-, meso- and microlevels.
Keywords: economic growth, theories, concepts, sustainable development, green economy, inclusive development
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