The value and usefulness in the assessment of economic safety and competitiveness

The article discusses the application of economic theory of value to categories such as economic security, competitiveness, economic policy. The article discusses the scientific research base in relation to the usefulness of these categories. The economic science and practice develop as though separately from each other. At first it doesn’t allow to achieve the goals the most effective ways, secondly the ways are put forward as effective, not always are those, are insufficiently proved and approved in practice. It forms negative attitude of experts to a science. Ruptures between the theory and practice of application of scientific workings out in economy are formed. Aim: consideration of interrelation of categories economic safety, competitiveness, economic policy and values and usefulness. Object of research: categories economic safety and competitiveness, value, utility. Result: a substantiation of necessity of continuation of studying of questions of formation of tools of an estimation of economic safety and competitiveness within the development offered by school «Economic theory of value», including for economic policy formation.