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Population's competence to withstand negative impacts of the crisis: between today and tomorrow
The paper compares the data of the representative opinion polls carried out in the USA, the EU and Russia concerning the issues of how the world crisis of 2008-2009 influenced the life of individuals and their families. We can state that labour problems were experienced by the people from all the said countries. In Russia, in comparison with the USA, it is the people's everyday consumption that the crisis affected substantially since most of the Russian households had had practically no assets or market involvement. Our main conclusion is that the systemic weaknesses of the economy but not the crisis entail such problems
Bogomolova T. Yu. bogtan@rambler.ru
Keywords: economic crisis social impact of the crisis economic behaviour of the population social attitudes social consequences of the crisis
Social impacts of the economic recession 2008-2009: results of foreign studies
The paper analyses how the economic behavior, expectations, social attitudes and consumer preferences of the American people changed over the period of the crisis. We show that there is no age group which could avoid the stroke of the crisis, but the configuration and scope of problems affected the people as well as their reaction did depend on their age. High competition between the age and gender groups is still observed on labour markets; moreover, the crisis intensified it. Economic difficulties have a strong impact on the American peoples' life expectations and solidarity. Nevertheless, the firm belief that people's diligence and energy may ensure their moving forward in spite of any unfavorable economic conditions remains among the American people, and makes them feel mobilized for action.
Bogomolova T. Yu. bogtan@rambler.ru
Keywords: economic recession USA social impact of the crisis economic behaviour of the population social attitudes
