by the state as obligatory: the Ukrainian state creates different conditions for the
different ideologies development, except, of course, an ideology that is anti-state in its
content and essence [7, p. 188].
Excessive state interference in redistributive processes, equalization of income
through social transfers leads to a decrease in business activity in society and a
reduction in the production efficiency in general. On the other hand, the state’s role
reducing in regulating household incomes leads to an increase in income
differentiation, social tension, social conflicts’ aggravation and, as a result, drop in
production, lowering its efficiency. The achievement of the state interference optimal
scale in the social relations’ regulation in society is associated with the resolution of
the contradiction between efficiency and social justice.
Thus, the state’s social policy in a market economy should be a very subtle tool.
On the one hand, it is intended to promote social stability and mitigate social tensions,
and on the other hand, in no way undermine the entrepreneurship’s stimulus-reaction
and highly effective employment.
Eurointegration and globalization markers for the state’s role
transformation in Ukraine. Global economy changes have forced the scientific
community to return to basic questions about the state: what should be its role, task,
function, because the sustainable development – both economic and social – is
impossible without an effective state. The lack of an adequate theoretical basis for
interpreting the state’s role and its functions in national economies negatively affected
the prospects of exit from the structural and financial crisis [1, p.112].
In the current multifaceted, mixed market economy, the state plays an active role
in shaping the most important processes of socio-economic development. The public
sector has a dominant position in the economy due to using resources to finance state-
guaranteed public services and various income redistribution programs. The public
sector also plays an important role in the financial markets of most countries, owing to
significant amounts of its borrowing from the private sector and a substantial amount
of its assets in the economy. The public services financing and the income
redistribution in most countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) exceeds 40% of GDP, and in some countries it even approaches
50% of GDP [1, p.100]. The state's influence magnitude is particularly increasing in
the period of aggravation of the economic and social situation in the country. In periods
of stable development and absence of crises, the scale of government influence is
shrinking and the state, like other market agents, operates within defined long-term
programs and strategies.
The level of state interference in the country's economy is determined by the share
of GDP redistributed through the budget. Today there is no consensus among scholars
regarding the determination of the optimum budget size and its structure. The scientific
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