Economic thinking as a «human factor» in philosophy of economics

The main purpose of this article is the exploration of economic thinking. It is an important component of the mental complex of modern man, in many respects defining its social life. This type of thinking is not included in the number of thoroughly investigated types, however, this study can reveal some of the contemporary economic problems. Economic thinking is considered as a category of social epistemology, and social psychology in the philosophy of economics. Only philosophy of economics (while recognizing the role and importance of all classical economic theory) can provide answers to many «inconvenient» questions concerning crisis in the contemporary society. The leading role of objective processes that influence the formation of the world economic system, do not belittle the importance of some subjective factors. Formation of the adequate by these challenges economic thinking is an important issue of modern social institutions.