On the role and university status of economic theory: transformation in modern russia

Abstract

The stages of transformation of the system of theoretical economic knowledge in general and economic theory, in particular, for the period since the 90s of the last century are shown. The stages of transformation are linked to the adoption of state educational standards (SES), federal state standards (FSES) of higher professional (higher) education, which led to the destruction of this system, the loss of economic theory of its main functions, the transformation of its content in the direction of traditional economics. The objective process of digitalization of the economy also had a significant impact on the content of economic theory. Based on their own experience of teaching economic theory at a university, the authors give a critical assessment of the period of its transformation and draw attention to the fact that the crisis of economic theory as an academic discipline is a consequence of its crisis as a branch of scientific knowledge.