The origins of the ukrainian economy vulnerability to negative financial-economic shifts

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of ensuring the economic’s long-term stability in respons to external and internal cyclical disturbances. Its conceptual basis is the vision of the critical importance of the human capital reproduction and accumulation of to ensure the sustainability (resistance) of economic growth, which echoes the work of D. North, D. Wallis and B. Weingast. Accordingly, the initial hypothesis underlying the article assumes that those countries that rely on a strong social sphere that has a diversified system of funding sources are more resistant to negative disturbances. In particular, the high demand for qualified personnel makes economically justified large-scale private investment in human capital, which provides a strong resource base for the development of education and medicine. Decent living standards required for normal socialization lead to high levels of social standards, which in turn supports the breadth of the competitive field, a critical parameter needed to maintain development potential (rather than just growth) in unfavorable macroeconomic conditions.