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The article examines the new role played by the state as a deliberate economic actor. The basis here is provided by the direct activity of the state in regulating the economy, as is characteristic of all economically developed countries. But at the same time, market regulators are beginning to die away, and are already fulfilling a secondary role. This situation is resulting in a change to the economy itself, with the previous goal of development-the maximising of profits-being replaced by the maximising of social utility. The degree and significance of conscious economic regulation, whose basis is scientific knowledge, is increasing. A new quality of the economy, designated by the article as noonomy, is emerging; this is steeped in scientific knowledge and in planned, considered regulation. The objective basis of this process is a new technological order within which production is permeated by complex technological systems, and for which knowledge-intensive production is a primary requirement. All this is serving to bring changes to political economy. In place of the classical political economy that concentrated on research into questions of market production and exchange, the new political economy or post-classical political economy studies the relations between people from the angle of social utility, that is, the exchanging of knowledge, information and activity with the goal of achieving economies in the use of social time.

"This book constitutes the first joint experience of the scholars who authored the concepts of Strategizing (V.L. Kvint) and Noonomy (S.D. Bodrunov). The idea of combining the authors' perspectives on issues of general civilizational development has a common scientific platform, i.e., the identification of long-term goals and the selection of economic and strategic tools for achieving these goals. This publication reflects the co-authors' assessments and perspectives on the global trends transforming society in the modern era, on strategic priorities and public development goals driven by these trends, and the strategic paths achieving national interests. In "A Word to the Reader," the authors explain methodological premises that serve as the foundation for their joint study. For example, the approach realized in the concept of Noonomy allows for discerning very remote horizons of public development and perceiving transitions from one development stage to another. But a vision of the future does not hold value in and of itself. It acquires public significance when it becomes a tool--a technology which allows for using this knowledge. Methods of strategizing serve this very purpose--they convert knowledge about the future into an instrument for development process management. The concept of noonomy is a perfect fit for the strategic approach for it incorporates foresight on future events that are obscure from the perspective of common sense, as well as the ability to look far beyond the bounds of the current agenda. A strategy should not rely on vox populi or on rather predictable future elements. Inertial progress that is reliant on the extension of currently implemented scenarios is quite possible without special efforts in development strategizing. A real strategy should take us down an obscure path into a still uncharted future."--