TECHNOLOGICAL QUALITY AS A POLITICAL-ECONOMIC CATEGORY

The article is devoted to the development of the utility (consumer-value) concept of economic theory by extending the technological approach to assessing the utility of economic goods and their flows, including the interaction of economic activities within the national economy. An indicator of technological quality is proposed, which to a certain extent allows characterizing the utility of economic goods from the point of view of their impact on the competitiveness and safety of the consumer. Taking this into account, the classical system of input-output tables has been improved, within which the interaction of economic activities is characterized by both traditional cost parameters and indicators of their technological quality. The methodology of inter-industry balance supplemented in this way opens up new, broader opportunities for interstate comparisons carried out not only from the point of view of quantitative cost indicators, but also taking into account qualitative, utility, in essence, parameters reflecting the level of development of technology in the analyzed countries. In addition, the improved system of input-output tables allows for a detailed analysis of the impact of specific types of economic activity on a given level, which opens up new opportunities for managing technical and technological progress in order to increase the competitiveness, economic and national security of the state.

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