Social inequality and poverty as factors of continuing long-term economic growth

The article attempts to consider systematically the problem of inequality and poverty in modern Russian society, to draw parallels with the foreign practice of similar situations. The author analyzes the time series of the results of Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) polls on social well-being indices and the number of publications on poverty issues in the Russian media that show a correlation between 2012 and 2018. Since the 4th quarter of 2018, the problem of poverty in the media has become discussed more and more and no longer correlates with VCIOM’s studies. In addition, the author proposes prototypes of methodological recommendations on creating prerequisites in society for reducing inequality, requiring further study and foresight research.