ASSESSMENT OF CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE OF RUSSIA DURING REFORMS
The article presents assessment of development of the social sphere in Russia, considers viewpoints of the Russian economists, criticizes the assessment given by a number of the Russian economists to consequences of influence of the market reforms on development of the social sphere in the country.». In particular, it brings forward the statement that during the reforms «the greatest repartition of property in favor of households has been made». After all, the assets worth of astronomical value mostly went not to owners of unpretentious households but to the first predatory black marketeers profiting on deception of unsophisticated investors, as well as to a group of persons operating in direct collusion with corrupt officials from Asset Management Fund. Criticism is also given to the statements that the Russian population had seen the property transformations performed in a positive light, that Russia's citizens take a favorable view of the previous eightfold growth of their medical expenditures, the true-to-fact transition to fee-based education, to the fact that housing accommodation has become 43 % less affordable than under the planned economy.