Lectures on an informal economy: briefly, of course, clearly. Barsukova S.Yu.

The textbook is devoted to economic activity, which is complete without formal contracts and is not accountable to the state. Such an economy is regulated by traditions, social norms and informal agreements between its participants. The causes and patterns of the functioning of shadow and criminal activity, the home economy and the economy of inter -family exchanges of gifts are discussed. The material is presented in the most accessible form and gives an idea of ​​the general approaches to the analysis of various segments of an informal economy, the history of cognition and methods of measuring this phenomenon.

“Lectures on an informal economy” can be used as the basis of a separate course, as well as As part of the courses of sociological, economic and managerial education.