THE ROLE OF ECONOMY OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE POSTINDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Regularities of the postindustrial economy are determined together with the succession of its types change explaining characteristic features of each of them. The role of the economy of knowledge is specified in the process of changes with the postindustrial economy, besides the use of knowledge by each type of economy is generalized and systematized in time dimension according to their importance and degree. It is substantiated that the establishment of the economy of knowledge must be accompanied by the effect of meliorism thus providing improvement of the world and human progress towards the development of its basic forms.