Civilizational deadlock of the economy of growth

The key topic of the paper is determined by the crisis situation of the nowadays economic model. Capitalism is the dominant economic form in the global economy. Varieties of capitalism exist ranging from state capitalism to neo liberalism but all are pervaded by a dominant theme, an egocentric economy model or ego-economics. This model is underlain by postulates of the need for a continued growth spurred by end-use. The realisation of this model is provided by monetary approaches and stimulation of consumer demand as the main driver of economic growth. The key tools for stimulating demand in this model of economy are competition, information impact on the consumer consciousness and choices, the massive accessibility of credit, the massive accessibility of financial markets and financial instruments, the actualisation of passive incomes as opposed to creative labour, and other degradation triggering factors. The crowning part of this model is the debt economy of consumption of societies of individualists who do not share traditional systems of values but are guided by illusory, temporary, short-term objectives. Thus, the egocentric economy model established dominance in relation to the ecological economy model, exposing a bulk of contradictions in principles underlying the system and promotes unsustainability. The future turned out to be in jeopardy... The paper contrasts ego-economics and ecoeconomics, traces of the emergence of the first one and the need for the second one as a necessary condition for long-term sustainability

Well-being: Subjective and Objective Aspects

The subject of well-being has always excited human society. Various official and scientific research documents have sought to outline the design and content of well-being, but the specific definition depends on the conceptual approach employed: the process, system, or other aspect. The purpose of this research is to create an integrated, multi-component model that can ensure the continued well-being of modern man. The modern man can be defined with regard to two levels of well-being: internal (subjective) and external (objective). Inner well-being is seen as a human, spiritual well-being associated with one's personal characteristics and features. External well-being develops from the perspective of perception and one's evaluation of human society. Each level consists of four key contextual attributes that together constitute well-being: 1) one's existence in accordance with their natural essence (in harmony with others and the environment); 2) an innate understanding of what is good for oneself, and the presence of the ability and willingness to achieve it; 3) one's the ability to realize their human potential and plan for life; 4) the creation of a society and empowering people to fulfill the above stated positions 1, 2, 3, and increase activity and awareness. Such specification of the category “well-being” gives us an opportunity to distinguish between personal well-being of an individual and social well-being of member of society and state. Only discoursing in the framework of such conceptually comprehensive logic, it is possible to derive the “formula” of the well-being of human and society

Third Kim is a new leader of North Korea. “Dark-horse” of the international community

The article is devoted to the internal situation that has arisen in North Korea after the death of the “Great leader”. It should be noted that formerly unknown person was nominated for the post of head of the country. The article gives valuable information about personal qualities and biography of the new leader of North Korea. The main idea of the article is to attempt to describe the personal and political portrait of North Korean leader and formulate some probability forecasts of its foreign and domestic policy.Статья затрагивает внутриполитическую ситуацию, сложившуюся в Северной Корее после смерти "Великого вождя". Цель статьи заключается в попытке обрисовать личностный и политический портрет нового северокорейского лидера и сформулировать некие вероятностные прогнозы его внешне- и внутриполитического курса

Third Kim is a new leader of North Korea. “Dark-horse” of the international community

The article is devoted to the internal situation that has arisen in North Korea after the death of the “Great leader”. It should be noted that formerly unknown person was nominated for the post of head of the country. The article gives valuable information about personal qualities and biography of the new leader of North Korea. The main idea of the article is to attempt to describe the personal and political portrait of North Korean leader and formulate some probability forecasts of its foreign and domestic policy.Статья затрагивает внутриполитическую ситуацию, сложившуюся в Северной Корее после смерти "Великого вождя". Цель статьи заключается в попытке обрисовать личностный и политический портрет нового северокорейского лидера и сформулировать некие вероятностные прогнозы его внешне- и внутриполитического курса

World War II in Memory of Generations

В статье анализируются результаты опроса студентов Амурской государственной медицинской академии на предмет осведомленности о Второй мировой войне, показавшего высокий уровень знаний об этих событиях. Авторы предприняли попытку выявить причины указанного результата социологического опроса. Кроме того, предлагаются механизмы сохранения информации о Второй мировой войне в памяти современного поколения.The article analyzes the results of a survey of students of the Amur State Medical Academy on the subject of awareness of the Second World War. The survey showed a High level of knowledge about these events. The authors made an attempt to identify the reasons for the indicated result of the sociological survey. Mechanisms for storing information about the Second World War in the memory of the modern generation are proposed

Innovative Technics of Managing Engineers' Global Competencies

Higher education modernization in the CIS countries takes place under the conditions of dynamic changes in economy and society. These changes are determined by the social and economic development of the country and the world globalization processes - cross-border intercultural communication, knowledge transparency, and the establishment of information society. Educational globalization is a continuous process of creating a unified global educational system, in which the distinctions between its member educational systems are being blended

Civilizational deadlock of the economy of growth

The key topic of the paper is determined by the crisis situation of the nowadays economic model. Capitalism is the dominant economic form in the global economy. Varieties of capitalism exist ranging from state capitalism to neo liberalism but all are pervaded by a dominant theme, an egocentric economy model or ego-economics. This model is underlain by postulates of the need for a continued growth spurred by end-use. The realisation of this model is provided by monetary approaches and stimulation of consumer demand as the main driver of economic growth. The key tools for stimulating demand in this model of economy are competition, information impact on the consumer consciousness and choices, the massive accessibility of credit, the massive accessibility of financial markets and financial instruments, the actualisation of passive incomes as opposed to creative labour, and other degradation triggering factors. The crowning part of this model is the debt economy of consumption of societies of individualists who do not share traditional systems of values but are guided by illusory, temporary, short-term objectives. Thus, the egocentric economy model established dominance in relation to the ecological economy model, exposing a bulk of contradictions in principles underlying the system and promotes unsustainability. The future turned out to be in jeopardy... The paper contrasts ego-economics and ecoeconomics, traces of the emergence of the first one and the need for the second one as a necessary condition for long-term sustainability

What Is Well-Being In The Modern Society: Objective View

The topic of the well-being of human and society has always interested the great thinkers of the humankind. However, conceptually, as a problem of the state and public, this topic fully emerged only in the aftermath of the Second World War in the past century, and it became especially topical in the mid-60s, when a special organization was founded on the basis of the United Nations Organization, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, 1965). Well-being became a popular topic for various sociopolitical, socio-economic, cultural, and historical theoretical research and applied programmes. However, there is no unanimously agreed definition of this category or an unanimously agreed approach to its research and evaluation of its value and importance to the human and the society. The present article continues a cycle of the author’s articles devoted to the research of human well-being in nowadays conditions. It looks into the basic concepts, conceptual grounds, and contradictions shaping the key aspects of this broad topic, as well as the fundamental causes and possible methodological misconceptions influencing both their development and the attitude to them of a human, society, state. The article provides extensive statistical data which illustrate the enormous, egregious ill-being of a large part of human society in the modern world. Also, in the article we have undertaken an attempt to define well-being as a multiple-aspect concept and to present a detailed analysis of fundamental causes of the modern ill-being on a massive scale