Neo-mercantilism after the big crisis: what will be the new political and economic era and why

The article shows that the formation of the theory of large cyclical economic crises of industrial capitalism provided a successful forecast of the crisis of 2008-2020, and created the basis for understanding the new, post-crisis development conditions. During the years of the present crisis, the world has made a turn from the neoliberal model to the neo-mercantile model of economic relations. This determines the nature of the beginning of the political era. The main thing in it will be the rivalry of the old and new (Eurasian and not only) centers of capitalism. The collapse of the Washington Consensus and the return of protectionist policies mean a sharp increase in the role of the state. In 2020, the era of the great global crisis was drawing to a close; the new period of the development will be characterized by rapid economic growth and sharp geopolitical contradictions, which will only stimulate growth through rational and effective economic and social solutions.