Evolution of the formation of economic analysis as a scientific category of knowledge

The article describes methods of cognition in economic analysis at the theoretical and empirical levels; the features of theoretical schools of scientific analysis in the evolutionary profile are considered; the essence and content of the author's understanding of the features of the definition of "economic analysis" is outlined: its subject and area of specific interests; the expediency of using the advantages of corporatism and comparative studies in modern economic analysis is substantiated.