Ideological beliefs in the economics: from slavophiles and westernizers of the XIX century to modern economic liberals and conservatives
The well-known directions of Russian public thought of XIX century Westernism and Slavophilism proved to be extremely long-existing. In the field of economics this is reflected in two trends of modern economic science, which couldconditionally be termed economic liberalism and economic conservatism. There is analyzed the main contradictions between the Westerners and Slavophiles. It is illustrated by the works of philosophers of the nineteenth century and on the other hand - by the ideas of the modern economists. The influence of ideological convictions on the views of economists is demonstrated.