EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING: COMMON AND DIFFERENT

The last 30-50 years of the development economic science were marked by rapid new directions research, and interdisciplinary, which today is increasingly entering social sciences, only strengthened this trend. Behavioral economics, global political economy, experimental engineering, information post-industrial etc. In particular, institutional changes, Covid-19 pandemic war with Russia led to actualization concept "social engineering" in domestic socio-economic space, results economics research are actively used not fundamental theoretical but also real practice. unfolds status a completely different way - becomes truly empirical science. article examines methodological aspects engineering. content category was clarified, comparative analysis approaches carried out, principles theimplementation engineering determined. Thus, it found that vast majority scientists consider from standpoint system constructing reality, specific practice managing industrial objects, an technology for changing life. Experimental as one newest science, analyzed context key studies Nobel laureates, representatives economics. Despite certain similarities between authors conducted critical these two directions, identified differences approaches, limits, opportunities each.