ECONOMIC IDEOLOGY: THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERPRETATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of economic ideology as a scientific concept of social sciences. Economic ideology is a system of statements and convictions concerning economic facts and phenomena, expressing the attitude of people to different economic processes. There are two types of economic ideologies: “economized” versions of political ideologies and proper economic ideologies, rising from concrete economic doctrines. Structurally economic ideology embraces six main elements: economic theories and hypotheses; pseudoscientific economic knowledge; economic values; emotions and convictions; practical orientations and algorithms of actions; image of economic future.