Economical risks in modern society: concept, types, assessment methods

The article is devoted to theoretical and methodological aspects of risk analysis asan important component of ensuring economic security of the system. The articlesummarizes information about the concept of risk, types of risks and methods of their assessment. It presents a new author’s interpretation of the question about the economic systems kinds and the specifics of the relevant risks. The paper concludes about the feasibility of using the scientific risk assessment methodologies applied to macro level.