The Chair of the General economic Theory is the first and the largest chair of the MSE MSU. The chair teaches basic economic disciplines such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, world economy, public sector economics and many others. Till November 20, 2019 the chair was headed by an honored scientist of the Russian Federation, PhD in Economics, Professor Glinkina Svetlana Pavlovna. Among tutors there are 2 academicians of RAS, 1 corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 doctors of economic sciences and 14 contract professors, 7 candidates of sciences, 9 foreign professors.