The subject of this paper occupied a significant place in the work of the Twenty-seventh CPSU Congress. In order to improve distribution relations, it will first of all be necessary to overcome the negative phenomena that exist in this area, to make "the distribution mechanism a reliable barrier...

There is a widespread assumption in energy statistics and econometrics that energy intensity and energy efficiency are equivalent measures of energy performance of economies. The paper points to the discrepancy between the engineering concept of energy efficiency and the energy intensity as it...