THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC EDUCATION AS AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM

The most valuable component of the national wealth of the modern state is the intellectual potential of the nation, which formes through an effective education system and determines the competitiveness of the national economy and the prospects for its further socio-economic development. The article deals with the problematic aspects of higher education system on the example of economic education as one of the most important factors of formation of intellectual capital in modern conditions of constant development and globalization. It is noted, that the theoretical and practical failures of the neoclassical direction of economic thought, which mainly constitutes the content of basic theoretical disciplines in most countries of the modern world, largely determine the insufficient quality of training for economic specialists. The article cites arguments disputing certain methodological principles of neoclassicism and affirms the necessity of minimizing the use of market methods in the sphere of education. The author also notes a certain conditionality of the problems of higher education with the quality of the school educational environment. Thus, the article confirms that the education system forms the intellectual capital of the nation and should be considered as a necessary component of the state economic and national security.