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The article traces the impact of innovation on employment and workers income during industrial revolutions. The aim of the study is to identify the business model that contributes to improving the well-being and reducing negative impact of innovative transformations on employees. To achieve this goal, we analyze: the conceptions of industrial revolutions; the "Engels pause", which arose during the First Industrial Revolution as a "surge" in inequality due to the contradiction between productivity growth and profit, on the one hand, and the stagnation of workers' real incomes, on the other; the effect of replacing manual labor with automated one; the problems of technological unemployment; the digital business model of sharing economy. The findings report conclusions concerning the change in economic development paradigm as a result of the replacement of classical consumption models by sharing economy business model, on the prospects of the sharing economy business model in the context of its ability to solve employment problems, overcome technological unemployment and increase employees' income. The achieved results can be useful for policymakers and corporate structures that design innovative development strategies.

The article presents the results of the study, the subject matter of which are the public programs of building Information and Post-information society in Japan. The purpose of the study is to identify the real vector of social development of one of the most developed countries of the world - Japan, in order to formulate a possible development landmark for the foreseeable future for Russia. The study reveals the influence of improving information and building post-information society on the process of Japan's transition to the paradigm of sustainable development; examines the specificity of building the information and post-information society in Japan; analyses the most important factors and strategies of joint efforts of the government and business aimed at the country's sustainable development. The author cames to the conclusion that the informational society as a society based on information and communication technologies (ICT) and knowledge, represents a real vector of social development for the foreseeable future and presupposes a corresponding state policy.

The article is devoted to the review of trends, features and problems of the fourth industrial revolution discussed at the conference held on November 14, 2017 at the Economics Faculty of Moscow State University. During the discussion, the following issues were raised: the correlation of phenomena Industry 4.0 and the digital economy; display of Industry 4.0 in the energy sector: the limits of growth; is there a future for the globalization of the world economy; smart technologies as a key element in industrial competition; Crypto currency as the locomotive of the current stage of the world economy's financialization; intellectual challenges and paradoxes of the digital revolution; concept and world practice of the sharing economy; new social challenges and the future of the labor market in the context of «Industry 4.0».