Giorgi Malashkhia

Giorgi Malashkhia
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Born	(1934-03-18)18 March 1934 Nakipu, Tsalenjikha District, Georgia SSR, Soviet Union
🏳️ Nationality	Georgian
💼 Occupation

Giorgi Malashkhia (Georgian: გიორგი მალაშხია, translit.: giorgi malashkhia; born 18 March 1934) is a Georgian scientist, economist, philosopher, sociologist, publicist, and poet.

Biography

Born on 18 March 1934 in the village of Nakipu (Georgia). In 1957, he graduated from the Department of Economics of the Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University. From 1957 to 1961, he worked in the Economic Service in the resort of Tskhaltubo. From 1961 to 1964, he studied at the Graduate School of the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia.

In 1966, he defended his PhD thesis. In 1997, he received the academic degree of Doctor of Economics. In 1998, he was awarded the title of Professor. From 1964 to 2006, Malashkhia worked at a leading economic research institute in various positions—junior researcher, senior researcher, research fellow, head of section, head of department, and chief scientific fellow. From 1996 to 2009, he served as a professor at Sukhumi State University. Since 2009, Malashkhia has worked as a professor at the Georgian Technical University. He also taught at several Georgian higher education institutions, including the Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University.

Scientific work

Giorgi Malashkhia is the author of approximately 300 scientific studies published in Georgian, Russian, English, and other languages, including 16 monographs and 2 textbooks. As a member of the organizing committee, he has been involved in organizing numerous scientific forums both locally and abroad. He has participated in numerous scientific forums and served as a member of the editorial boards of scientific journals. Under his supervision and guidance, more than 30 PhD candidates and doctors of sciences and dozens of master's degree theses were prepared. Malashkhia also provided consultancy services on economic issues to governmental institutions.

The main areas of Malashkhia's scientific research are: fundamental theoretical economics and socio-philosophical issues, economic and development analysis/forecasting, humanization of economic and social life, and prerequisites for the transition to a new type of society. His research in the early 1990s and the 1995 monograph “Metaeconomics – Philosophy of Economics” laid the groundwork for developing a new direction of economic theory—Meteconomics. 1. Contrary to Marxist, classical, and neoclassical theories, he substantiated the formation of profit exceeding the cost of production from sources of free social energy (production potential). This includes natural and man-made unpaid resources—energy sources, climatic phenomena, soil fertility, minerals, as well as human talent, knowledge, experience, scientific discoveries, inventions, and so on, transferred from previous generations. 2.

Malashkhia proved that the growth of wealth outpaces the growth of current production due to the durability of accumulated capital goods. He argued that the productive force of a developed society being higher than the consumer force contributes to increased wealth accumulation. He explained the appropriateness of assessing economic growth by the dynamics of the volume of social wealth instead of GDP. 3. He proved the law of fair distribution of benefits in accordance with personal labor contribution and the altruistic principle for the disabled. He offered a unique explanation of the nature and causes of unfair and excessive inequality in the distribution of created wealth in society. He also demonstrated how a significant portion of the profit received by capital owners, returned to society in the form of investments, charity, etc., becomes social in nature. He substantiated several objective economic laws: the sociogenetic law—continuation of development from the attained stage; maintaining the attained level of development during economic decline; and necessary conditions for multiplying social wealth and economic development related to exceeding the term of use of capital (long-term) goods over the term of production. 4. He confirmed the law of equivalent exchange, i.e., the parity of value and use value of goods in exchange, as a necessary condition for the homeostatic functioning of the economy. He confirmed the quantitative limitations of consumer power and reasonable human needs; the existence of an idle economy—excessive consumption and accumulation of wealth with no real benefit. He formulated the concept of transforming economic benefits into social ones. He outlined the concept of moderating consumption and accumulation, which determines rational consumer behavior, general well-being, and a high culture of consumption. He introduced new elements in the classification of people's needs, including social and spiritual needs. He presented a new interpretation of the essence of taxes and their nature.

He discussed the drawbacks of capitalism and socialism, the process of global historical metamorphoses, and the transition to a new society (different from capitalism and socialism) in a novel way. He refuted the core idea of historical materialism concerning the decisive role of economics in public life. He emphasized the initial value of the human factor, ideas, consciousness, and their development in the historical process. 5. He showed the tendency of radical changes in the megastructure of societal wealth, particularly the ratio of intangible (spiritual, social) and material components, where the share of material and energy intensity, cost, physical volume, and weight of wealth is relatively reduced.

Malashkhia argues that radical changes are anticipated in societal development—a transition from the current egoistic stage to an altruistic one will occur, which will be a prerequisite for the formation of a truly fair, ethical, and humane society. He argues that the rationale for this development vector is that it benefits all. In his works, he uses innovative research methods: anthropocentric consideration of social and economic phenomena (interpreting them from the viewpoint of human abilities and needs); axiometric (value-based) interpretation of benefits; the eudemonic view (explaining life phenomena in light of human happiness); and the genetic approach (analyzing the development process, taking into account the previously attained level of development). He introduced a number of new concepts into economic theory: "social energy," "gratis social energy," "gratis product," "added product," "idle economy," "principle of moderation," "transformation of economic benefits into social," and others.

Malashkhia is also the author of newspaper articles and collections of poems.

Membership of organizations, associations

• Medical and Social Academy of Georgia (1989)
• Georgian Business Academy (1996)
• Georgian Academy of Economic Sciences (2001)
• Academy of Scientific, Technical and Social Progress of the Krasnodar Territory of Russia (2003), 22200
• National and Social Academy of Georgia (2004)

Awards and titles

• The Jubilee Medal of the USSR “For Valiant Labor” (1970)
• The Certificate of Merit for Contribution to Economic Science (1984)
• The State Prize of Georgia in the field of science and technology (1975)
• The prize of the scientific journal ”Economist" (USSR) for winning the competition of scientific articles (1977)
• The Award of the Georgian Academy of Business and Kolkheti Society for the best article (1999)
• The prize for the best monograph of the century in the Georgian language – ,, Metaeconomics – Philosophy of Economics "(1999)
• The Prize of the journal “Macro Microeconomics” for the best article (2000)
• The Certificate of Honor from the Academy of Scientific, Technical and Social Progress of the Krasnodar Territory of Russia (2004)
• The Title of a prominent economist-philosopher of the Georgian Technical University (2013)
• The Certificate of Honor for a long pedagogical activity at the State Customs Service of Georgia (2014)
• The Academic title of Emeritus, Georgian Technical University (2015)
• The Title of Honored Professor of Georgian Technical University (2016)
• The Certificate of Merit for contribution to the work of the Georgian Academy of Business (2015)
• The Certificate of appreciation for contribution to training at Sukhumi State University (2017)

Main works

Books

• Малая экономология. Новые парадигмы экономической теории, Саарбрюккен. 2018 (Russian). ISBN 978-620-2-38195-6 Search this book on .
• უქმი ეკონომიკა. თბ., 2014. (Georgian) ISBN 978-9941-450-25-9 Search this book on .;
• დიდი ილია. თბ., 2017. (Georgian) ISBN 978-9941-22-242-9 Search this book on .;
• სოციალური ენერგია, სიმდიდრე, კეთილდღეობა. თბ., 2013. (Georgian) ISBN 978-9941-22-073-9 Search this book on .;
• ზომიერი ადამიანი. თბ., 2013 (Georgian);
• Moderate Man, Tb., 2013. ISBN 9941179719 Search this book on .;
• Экономика человечная. Человек на перепутье, Санкт–Петерcбург- Тбилиси, 2009 (Russian);
• Meta-theory of profit (a new version). Tb., 2007. ISBN 978-9941-20-163-9 Search this book on .;
• მოგების მეტათეორია. რა არის სინამდვილეში მოგება? თბ., 2007 (Georgian). ISBN 978-9941-20-162-2 Search this book on .;
• საქართველოს ეკონომიკა. საუკუნოვანი პანორამის შტრიხები, თბ., 2002 (Georgian);
• ეკონომიკურ-ფილოსოფიური ესეები., თბ., 2001 (Georgian);
• მეტაეკონომიკა – ეკონომიკის ფილოსოფია, თბ., 1995 (Georgian);
• ავტომატიზცია: სოციალურ-ეკონომიკური პრობლემები, თბ., 1984 (Georgian);
• მეცნიერულ-ტექნიკური რევოლუცია და ეკონომიკა, თბ., 1975 (Georgian);
• თანამედროვე მეცნიერულ-ტექნიკური პროგრესი, თბ., 1974 (Georgian);

Articles

• Philosophy of crisis and perspective social-economic Development ჟურნ. „სოც. ეკონომიკა" № 5, 2011;
• გლობალური მოდერნიზაციის შუქ-ჩრდილები. ბიზნესის აკადემიის მოამბე, №16–17 (Georgian);
• გლობალური გამოწვევები და ცხოვრების მოდერნიზაცია. ჟურნ „ბიზნეს-ინჟინერინგი" № 5, 2011 (Georgian);
• Humanization of life and the imperative the sustainable development . საერთაშორისო სამეცნიერო კონფერენციის მასალები, ვაშინგტონი, 2011;
• К концепции гуманного развития. Материалы научной конференции. г. Баку, 2011 (Russian);
• Economology of modernization. ცხუმ აფხაზეთის მეცნიერებათა აკადემიის მოამბე , ტ. 3, თბ., 2012;
• Theory of moderate Man. ჟურნ. „სოციალური ეკონომიკა", № 4, 2012;
• ზომიერება და კეთილდღეობა. საქართველოს ეკონომიკურ მეცნიერებათა აკადემიის მოამბე. ტ. 10, 2013 (Georgian);
• ეკონომიკური ზრდისა და კეთილდღეობის დაცილების მიზეზები. ეკონომიკის ინსტიტუტის სამეცნიერო-პრაქტიკული კონფერენციის მასალები, თბ, 2013 (Georgian);
• Институты как акторы трансформации социума. ჟურნ „ბიზნეს-ინჟინერინგი" № 2, 2014 (Russian);
• Теория благосостояния и рациональный потребитель. ჟურნ „ბიზნეს-ინჟინერინგი" № 4, 2015 (Russian);
• Институты и трансформация экономики в постсоциалистических странах. ჟურნ ,,ბიზნეს- ინჟინერინგი" №2 , 2015 (Russian);
• Конкурунция или сотрудничество? ჟურნ. „Бизнес инжиниринг" №4, 2016 (Russian).

External links

• Giorgi Malashkhia // scholar
• Giorgi Malashkhia // The Biographical Dictionary of Georgia by the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
• Георгий Малашхия // Sokhumi state university E-library
• Books by G. Malashkhia on the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia

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