KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
The article deals with the concept of «knowledge economy» in the context of the analysis of the 2005 UNESCO Report «To knowledge societies». It reviews the features of the knowledge economy, analyzing the essence of the knowledge economy, the relationship of the «knowledge economy» with a number of related concepts («post-capitalism», «post-industrial economy», «information economy», «innovation economy»). The author also examines the controversial issue of the status of knowledge as a factor of production in economic theory. In addition, the impact of knowledge economies on other spheres of society (in particular, on «information» law and intellectual property law) has been studied.