The development of the intellectual economy of the future: trends, challenges of the future

Abstract

The modern development of scientific and production technologies leads to profound transformations in global economic life. The intellectualization of the economy has become a challenge, which in recent decades needs additional scientific actualization. The article aims to analyze the possible trends and challenges of the intellectual economy of the future. The article is based on general scientific methods of research: analysis, synthesis, induction, and deduction. Special economic research methods are also used (methods of collecting and processing information, analytical work, forecasting). The results of the article emphasize the general trends of global investment in education and science, which are typical for modern EU countries, the USA, Asian states (primarily, China). It is also established that within the framework of a large-scale transition of world economies to the phenomenon of intellectual production it is necessary to take into account the intensification of scientific and technical work and the increasing number of scientific resources, the global impact of information and communication technologies, the growth of international trade in intellectual services, the increase in the international movement of investment capital, etc. Important challenges have become new requirements for workers whose knowledge and skills in times of intellectualization of the economy. It is noted that the intellectual economy can lead to many problems, in particular the growing gap in the development of countries. The conclusion summarized the general trends, found that further research requires an assessment of the indexes of the intellectual economy, the analysis of industries related to the sphere of knowledge.