CRITERIA AND BASIC RULES OF INFORMATION ECONOMY  

Mikhneva Svetlana Georgievna, Doctor of economic sciences, professor, head of sub-department of economics and world economy, Penza State University, econm@pnzgu.ru

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The article considers regularities of transition to information economy, main indicators of this transition, positions of separate countries and Russia.

information economy, IT sector, indicator of technological equipment, indicator of communication transparency, indicator status of information society (IS Index), index of digital inequality.