Rating of power and economic indicators in Russia: discrepancy

https://doi.org/10.20339/AM.2-18.085

I.M. Borisov is post-graduate student at Academy of Labour and Social Relations e-mail: gioborisov@gmail.com

Compared are indices of social sentiments, fixing by leading sociological services of the RF with a number of important economic indicators from the beginning of the year of 2014. Difficult economic situation in the country, that leads to certain level of falling real incomes, increased poverty and social inequality, nevertheless doesn’t give rise to any significant social upheavals, reflecting the degree of deterioration in economic conditions of large number of citizens. Such situation requires causal analysis. The article presents graphs, showing how the discrepancy between power ratings and the dynamic of economic indicators looks, and also enumerates possible reasons for this discrepancy.

Key words: social inequality, correlation, discrepancy, real incomes, poverty, public sentiments, power, manipulation.

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