Training Manual . M. : MMIT, 2010. 84 s. The textbook examines the current problems of the Russian economy from the perspective of the scientific categories of this course, their theoretical understanding from the standpoint of those new phenomena that are put forward by the practice of the development of the Russian economy at the present time. The training manual is intended for graduate students of economic specialties of IEF and IUIT, students of economic specialties who have an in-depth interest in modern economic problems, as well as the place and role of railway transport in the reproductive process. Features of the subject and method of economic theory . Definition of the subject, goals and objectives of economic science . The place and role of economic theory, its functions and methods of cognition Economic systems and their transformations . Classification of economic systems, features and patterns of their development . Characteristics and models of development of capitalist and socialist systems . Self-regulators and state regulators in the market economy . The Place and Role of Economic Regulators in the Modern Market Economy . Forms and methods of state regulation .