A Law of Social Development
https://doi.org/10.26794/2308-944X-2018-6-2-29-33
Abstract
Changes in the amount, structure and composition of the information factors point to future changes in a society. This makes it possible to formulate a hypothesis or a law of information impact on a society: increase of information speeds social development, and vice versa, a decrease of information inhibits it. A consequence of what can be called a sociological law of information is that an index of increase/decrease of the amount of information points to the changing direction of social developments, and especially to the turning points in seemingly stable trends. In this article, the above-mentioned conclusion is discussed on the basis of socio-political and financial and economic data.
About the Author
I. Varyash
Research Financial Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Varyash I. A Law of Social Development. Review of Business and Economics Studies. 2018;6(3):29-33. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2308-944X-2018-6-2-29-33
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