Modeling of alternative economic systems based on the concept of material structure and institutions interaction

The article considers the essence of the modern mixed economy and the mechanism of its functioning. It presents an approach to illustration and analysis of alternative economic systems: market-oriented and planned. It is proposed to calculate the type of the economic system fromthe ratio of the material and institutional substructures. Modeling as a method of scientific knowledge is considered. The representation and study of alternative economic systems on the basis of the described technique are proposed on the basis of three interrelated tools: system of technical and economic indicators of the economic system, model "input-output and two-sector models.