ЕКОНОМІЧНІ ІНІЦІАТИВИ ПЕРШОГО ПРЕЗИДЕНТА НЕЗАЛЕЖНОЇ УКРАЇНИ У КОНТЕКСТІ ВИВЧЕННЯ ПЕРІОДИЧНИХ ВИДАНЬ
ECONOMIC INITIATIVES OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF INDEPENDENT UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY OF PERIODICALS

Summary/Abstract: The subject of researchis: economic initiatives of the first President of independent Ukraine through the prism of studying periodicals. The purpose of the scientific article is to investigate the economic initiatives of the first President of independent Ukraine through the prism of studying the periodicals of 1991-1994. Research methods. All components of the research are based on the main principles – sientificity, historicism, objectivity, systematicity, development, the priority of concrete truth, pluralism, as well as methods of learning socio-economic processes of social development-analysis, synthesis, problem-chronological, comparative-analytical, archeographical, content-analysis, retrospective, statistical, system and integrated approach. Work methodology. In the process of researching the specified issues, we took as a basis the main provisions: the history of Ukraine, economic history and the history of economic thought, the work of domestic and foreign scientists and practitioners in the specified field, Fund of the Presidents of Ukraine (interview, speeches of the President of Ukraine L.M. Kravchuk in front of domestic and foreign mass media), materials of the information service of the President of Ukraine, etc. Work results. In the context of the mentioned problems, we investigated economic initiatives of the first President of independent Ukraine through the prism of studying periodicals. Field of application of results. The results of this study can be applied in the field of studying the problems of economic history and the history of economic thought, the history of the development of the national economy, and the history of Ukraine. Conclusions. So, research of the economic initiatives of the first President of independent Ukraine through the prism of studying the periodicals of 1991-1994 gives reason to assert that Leonid Makarovych quite clearly understood what the economic course of a young independent state should socially oriented market economy, which proclaims the diversity and equality of all forms of ownership, including private ownership of the means of production, establishes the rights of the state to conduct its own economic policy, create its own budget, tax and banking system, monetary unit, labor market, valuable papers, as well asassistance to foreign investors, in particular, foreign business entities should have equal rights with domestic entrepreneurs, including property rights, reinvestment and repatriation of the corresponding share of profit with preferential taxation. Along with constant willingness to develop various ties with Western partners, priority and vital importance for L. M. Kravchuk remained all forms and directions of economic cooperation with sovereign republics. It should be noted that the outlined issues remain open because of the research initiatives of the first President of independent Ukraine, will provide an opportunity to follow the peculiarities of the formation and development of the institution of the presidency, as well as its influence on state-building processes, including economic ones.

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