Reflections on the Creative Legacy of Vladimir Kirillovich Chernyak and Alexander Sergeevich Emelyanov (Part 1. Legacy is the Basis of the Future)

The article in the form of memoir-analytical reflections reveals the leading components of the creative heritage of Doctor of Economics, Professor V. K. Chernyak and Doctor of Economics, Professor, Corresponding Member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine A. S. Emelyanov. The creative heritage of V. K. Chernyak disclosed by his innovative ideas of fighting poverty through a radical reform of wages, increasing the population's ability to pay and assessing the effectiveness of the central and regional authorities using the provisions of the Human Development Concept: the dynamics of the Human Development Index, an increase in life expectancy, an improvement in the ratio of fertility and mortality. The historical reference points of scientific and socio-political activities of V. K. Chernyak are revealed in 1973-2020. A comparative analysis of its metrology of human development with the adopted state decisions, including in the State strategies for regional development for the period up to 2020, has been carried out and for 2021-2027. The most important guidelines and advice to "Servants of the People" on achieving mutual responsibility of the authorities and the people are given. The administrative blunders of the Ukrainian bureaucracy are revealed in the calculations and analysis of the Human Development Index at the national level and the Regional Human Development Index at the level of administrative regions. The creative heritage of A. S. Emelyanov disclosed in the part of his recommendations on enhancing the role of the state in the management of the market economy. The characteristic features of the mission of A. S. Emelyanov are given as "personally involved" in the problems of the formation of Ukrainian Market within the framework of official, scientific and parliamentary activities in 1992-2012. The revolutionary ideas of A. S. Emelyanov are disclosed to harmonize the planning principles of public administration with market methods of management. The article contains examples of joint cooperation between V. K. Chernyak and A. S. Emelyanov in the state building of Ukraine. Examples of professional incompetence of the Ukrainian bureaucracy are given. The article makes an appeal to "Servants of the People" with an insistent recommendation for the study, understanding and use of the attitudes of the creative heritage of V. K. Chernyak and A. S. Emelyanov. In the context of updating the Appeal of scientists to the First President of Ukraine L. M. Kravchuk in 1994, the author's directions for further scientific and applied research were determined.