Revisiting the question of academic olympiads in economics

The paper determines the importance of academic olympiads in economics for school students in the modern educational process. To achieve this purpose the author considers the concept of “Olympiad movement”, “Olympics”, defines the role of academic olympiads in the process education. The study examines historical stages of development of the olympiad movement in Russia and the world, as well as a significant contribution to the formation and development of the olympiad movement of such scientists and educators as P.S. Aleksandrov, B.N. Delone, V.F. Kagan, L.N. Kolmogorov, A.L. Markushevich, I.S. Petrakov, V.I. Smirnov, S.L. Sobolev, and others. In the modern stage of development of the olympiad movement in economics in Russia, the author describes the system of olympiads in economics. This system consists of the All-Russian Olympiad, olympiads included into the List of Olympiads for schoolchildren and organized under the auspices of the Russian Council of School Olympiads, and olympiads organized by various universities, organizations and scientific institutions...