Expanded Summary 

The idea of ​​a moral economy is a dynamic concept that has been under constant pressure due to changing environmental conditions. The same is happening at the modern stage, when the issue of “morality” has faced new challenges due to developments over the past three decades.

This issue is especially relevant for newly formed, developing countries, where the old relationship between the state, society and economy is breaking down, and new ones are still in the process of formation. The problem is further exacerbated by the fact that there are frequent cases when the existing situation in such countries changes spontaneously without any prior preparation of either theoretical or political foundations for future development prospects. In fact, this happened in Georgia, for which, in the process of searching for opportunities to integrate socio-economic, political, moral and ethical issues in the choice of a state governance model, the European preference of the actual majority of the country's population should be taken into account.

On the path to European integration, Georgia faces a number of subjective and objective problems, which was to be expected. For a country that has not yet fully emerged from the post-socialist shackles and influences, its rapprochement with European values ​​and development principles requires systemic changes. The reforms that are being carried out in the country, more or less successfully, are precisely a reflection of the above.

Although we have achieved considerable success in a number of areas, the most problematic, almost insurmountable so far, have been the worldview and awareness issues of the population, the change of which should create a new society that will be in solidarity with global issues (despite possible differences in the detailed perception of processes) and will have the ability to make decisions taking into account medium and long-term perspectives, based on a correct analysis of current conditions and an adequate understanding of future prospects.

All of the above is a unified, but heterogeneous and multifaceted process, which has many directions. They are of different strength and importance, depending on the scale of their influence on the final result. However, the failure or incomplete implementation of any of them excludes the full achievement of the final goal and, moreover, may even lead to the collapse of the entire process. Among these "directions", one of the most prominent is:

• On the one hand, inclusive economic development as a basis for the formation of a strong, stable, socially oriented and moral "superstructure" - the state, and
• On the other hand, the formation of an appropriate state governance system.

The methods that state governments use to manage the processes described above can be conditionally divided into overt (visible) and covert actions. The latter, first of all, mean economic methods, and that is why, when analyzing the European perspectives of countries, one of the most important objects of research becomes the state's economic policy and the processes taking place at the general-state, regional or local levels.

The integration of moral aspects into economic relations and the economic policy of the state should not be considered as a derogatory issue, which we artificially attach to existing conditions. It should be part of the content of the policy, the main pillar on which the economic vision of the country will be based. This is necessary, since we believe that the “moral economy” is a dynamic concept that takes into account the information frameworks, traditions, values, and expectations of society.

The issue of the morality of the economy is closely related to the realization of human rights, the correct perception of the social situation, and so on, that is, in other words, to issues of great importance for our modernity. Therefore, in this article the complex concept of “moral economy” is discussed using the so-called “multi-” and “cross-” disciplinary approaches and taking into account contemporary problems of a global or regional scale. 

Keywords: moral economy; inclusive growth; social trust