Social priorities under the conditions of crisis are not changing

The article deals with the socio-economic problems, the solution of which depends first of all on the state. The author emphasizes four main problems that negatively affected the living standards and quality of life of the Russian population during the whole post-Soviet period and have become particularly acute amid just another crisis. The first problem is poverty as a consequence of the low levels of wages and pensions; the second - low level of equipment with amenities of the bulk of housing stock; the third - low level of health and life expectancy of population; the fourth - decline of social character. The present situation is characterized by the state statistics data and the results of multi-year case studies headed by the author. In the author’s opinion, solution of many present problems lies in the sphere of distributive relations - in the system of work remuneration, tax policy and social insurance.