From the editorial office. Organizing a discussion of the article by A. I. Salitsky and V. V. Tatsii1, the editorial staff proceeded from the importance of the issues raised in it and their debatable nature. There is no doubt that the first decade of the new century, especially in the context of the global financial and economic crisis, has seen significant changes in the global economy. The stability of the Chinese model of economic development has clearly manifested itself, and China's role in the global economy, its share in global GDP, and in world exports have increased. During the crisis, they began to talk about the "collapse of liberalism" - the mainstream of economic theory. However, along with the mainstream, there are (and co-exist with) other theories, in particular Keynesianism. State intervention in the economy (a characteristic feature of the Chinese model) allowed Western countries to reduce the negative consequences of the crisis (this is quite consistent with the concept of neoclassical synthesis, according to which the neoliberal model is used in a favorable economic environment, and Keynesian recipes involving state intervention in the economy are adopted in conditions of "economic turbulence"). The article speaks about the lack of balanced assessments of the current situation in the global economy, which raises a number of questions. Are we witnessing the final "decline" of the United States, the West, and the economy of post-industrial countries, with its servisization? Will the Chinese economic model replace the mainstream of economic theory? What are the main features of this model? Is the threat of a total collapse of the international financial system real, and who will be among the losers in this case? Will regionalization replace globalization? These questions are important not only from a theoretical, but also from a political and practical point of view. The answers to these and other questions that arise in connection with the "provoca ... Читать далее