Socio-Economic Problems of the Ukrainian Economy at the Present Stage of its Development

The article deals with theoretical and practical aspects of transformation in the economy of post-socialist countries into the system of the capitalist mode of production. Weaknesses were noted in the shortcomings of the liberal and neoliberal economic theories, ways to address shortcomings of the formation in the economy through shock therapy, corruption schemes for transforming public ownership of the means of production into private ownership of a narrow circle of persons possessing political power or close to pro-government structures are shown. The article considered the modern theories of the ongoing processes of transformation of the capitalist system of management, convergence, hybrid economy, when politics has priority over the economy and financial capital dominates production and trade. The necessity of forming the economy of the future by using the positive features of the capitalist economy and economy, which based on the equality all forms of ownership, planning, the active role of the state in regulating social and economic processes are shown. It is proved that the investment activity of economic entities of the modern economy should be based on activating the creative potential of the country's population.