About the book: 2011 / In the monograph, prepared by leading specialists from the Department of World Economy of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, for the first time in the domestic scientific literature the causes and consequences of the shift are comprehensively covered trends in global economic development (from recovery to crisis and subsequent economic recovery) of leading developed and developing countries with economies in transition, including Russia. Contains an assessment of the scale of the decline in production, damage to the labor market and the social sphere. The authors analyze national and international strategies for overcoming the crisis and predict the general contours of the post-crisis economic picture of the world. For researchers, teachers, graduate students and students of economic universities and departments, as well as for anyone interested in current problems of the modern world economy.