ECONOMIC SECURITY A HISTORICAL APPROACH TO DEFINING THE ESSENCE

Formulation of the problem of ensuring economic security at different levels (country, region, firm or individual) and the search for options for its solution require an analysis of the essence of this category. At the moment, in economic theory, there are many definitions of economic security, based on a different vision of threats to the object of research. The diversity of views makes it difficult to study this problem. Therefore, it is advisable to generalize and systematize the accumulated experience to identify the theoretical essence of economic security. This category is often studied within the framework of a separate object - macro-, meso- or microeconomic level. Therefore, it is necessary to trace the evolution of the emergence of the concept of economic security