The specificity and classification of the shadow economy

The article deals with the concept of shadow economy and its classification. There is no country that has not faced the shadow economy. It penetrates into all spheres of economic life and acquires regional and, in some areas, global dimensions. In all countries with a market structure of the economy there was, is and will be a shadow economy. Its scale may vary, but none of the countries managed to get rid of it at all. It is similar to crime, the scale of the phenomenon can be reduced, but it is almost impossible to eliminate it at all.