On the content of the course of Economic Theory and its place in general educational Bachelor Program

In the article it is noted that the tendency of the last years is the multidirectional movement of scientific thought on the subject of the economic science, on the one hand, and practical activities on composing working programs of the course, on the other. The critical analysis of the content of the course of Economic Theory based on the neoclassical direction is given. The dissatisfaction with an official rate economics is connected with extremely narrow subject domain covering only the market in its superficial forms of manifestation. The modern economic theory leaves outside of the analysis the person with their irrational forms of behaviour, does not address to the dynamic aspect of the market relations, limits the subject to the analysis of functional dependences. Making a start, in particular, from the ideas of the classics of sociology, history, institutionalism, the author proves the point of view, according to which already at the present stage of development of the economic science an organic synthesis of the ideas belonging to interdisciplinary sciences and directions is possible. At the heart of such approach can be the understanding of the object of as economic activity of economic subjects on creation of economic benefits. Such an approach satisfies the tendency of interdisciplinary researches and allows to carry out organic synthesis of ideas and directions. An important methodological precondition, allowing to represent the relations of production as the subject of economic theory deeper, is the layering of the system of relations of production including the external, superficial and deep relations. The value of the institutional theory in development of the economic science from the point of view of the author is, first of all, that it is means of an operationalization of the system of relations of production. Institutes as the central concept of institu-tionalism, which are meant as rules and standards of behaviour of economic subjects structuring their interaction, serving as a peculiar restrictive framework of behaviour, in the best way are suitable for performance of such a function. The author calls a number of questions of the course of economic theory whose study can be based on combination of representations of economics , political economy, institutionalism, sociology. Among them are the processes of formation of average profit and price of production, profit forms, analysis of categories of utility and limiting sizes, research of the problem of economic power. A number of concrete remarks in connection with the development of the course of Economic Theory according to the Federal Educational Standard are given.

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