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Economic policy in times of the pandemic: The experience of 2021—2022
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2022-3-5-28
Abstract
The article deals with social and economic trends of the global and Russian economies under current pandemic challenges. The key characteristics of 2021 were the recovery economic growth along with a corresponding increase in employment, the shift to global inflation, a growing role of the state in economic development, accelerated digitalization of social and economic life, the climate change agenda. Special attention is paid to Russian economic trends and economic policy of the government, short- and long-term challenges, as well as forthcoming risks of economic performance.
Keywords
social and economic development,
anti-crisis policy,
budget and monetary policies,
inflation,
government regulation,
digitalization,
investment,
climate agenda
JEL: E61, E66, F51, H53, H54, O52
About the Author
V. A. Mau
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir A. Mau
Moscow
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Mau V.A. Economic policy in times of the pandemic: The experience of 2021—2022. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2022;(3):5-28. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2022-3-5-28
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