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Maslov Gleb

PhD (Economy), Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Methodological and Historical-Economic Research

Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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RESEARCH ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS AND THEORIES OF TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORKS OF YU. OLSEVICH

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The article dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences is devoted to the theoretical legacy of Yu.Ya. Olsevich, one of the Institute's leading experts on the impact of scientific and technological progress on the transformation of socio-economic systems. Special attention is paid to the developed Yu. Olsevich concepts of the infra-industry. Foreign theories were criticized for not paying enough attention to the main directions of scientific and technological progress in various socio-economic systems. When analyzing the Soviet experience, Yu. Olsevich highlighted the problems of over-centralization, largely due to the permanent confrontation with the Western bloc, which corresponded to the approaches of many Western Sovietologists. The current stage of social development is characterized by the special role of the infra-industry, a subsystem of productive forces that unites various industries. In addition to highlighting the progressive potential of the scientific and technological revolution, Yu. Olsevich noted a number of risks, primarily related to increasing inequality and environmental problems. It is shown that the modern technical and economic system is characterized by an increase in the socialization of production, which implies the development of state planning mechanisms. At the same time, the complexity of production processes implies maintaining the complexity of the economy. The article notes that the development of the legacy of Yu. Olsevich's work is becoming particularly relevant at the present time.

 

Keywords: scientific and technological progress, scientific and technological revolution, Marxism, infra-industry, multiplicity

 

JEL: B31, O33

UDC: 330.858, 330.88

DOI: 10.52342/2587-7666VTE_2025_4_105_116

 

© G. Maslov, 2025

© Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences «Issues of Theoretical Economics», 2025

Acknowledgments: The author thanks G.D. Gloveli, Head of the Center for Methodological and Historical-Economic Research at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, for his assistance in preparing this article.

 

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Manuscript submission date  21.07.2025

Manuscript acceptance date: 06.09.2025

 

For citation: 

Maslov G. Research on Scientific and Technological Progress and Theories of Technical and Economic Development in the Works of Yu. Olsevich // Voprosy teoreticheskoy ekonomiki. 2025. No. 4. Pp. 105–116. DOI: 10.52342/2587- 7666VTE_2025_4_105_116.