By deciding not to invest now, the entrepreneur conserves factors of production for another time and another use (an unknown time and use). He keeps valuable resources from being used in the present because he speculates that they will be put to better use in the future.
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"The New World" by Marc Faber (I)
Marc Faber has always been skeptical about the West's ability to successfully address the economic and social problems it faces. This is largely due to his belief that the monetary and fiscal policies pursued by central banks and governments in the "Old World" cannot or simply will not...
More »Why is Russia a poor country?
For years, Russia has managed to stay afloat thanks to its wealth of valuable natural resources, while the rest of the economy has been weak and uncompetitive.
More »Smokey Choice: Should We Protest About Cigarettes?
In short, on January 27, 2012, we will answer "Yes" or "No" to a question to which neither I nor a large majority of Bulgarians can give a sufficiently substantiated answer, but no one will ask us about the far more prosaic and "unimportant" question about cigarettes.
More »Lecture and discussion with Vladimir Karolev
The Student Libertarian Club (SLC) - UNWE and the Sociologist's Club - UNWE invite you to a lecture-discussion on the topic "Who is to blame for the economic crisis and what is the way out of it."
More »The territorial dispute in the Far East - causes and prospects
While the focus of the UN and the world's media has been on the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the rapidly escalating territorial dispute between Japan, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) has gone largely unnoticed.
More »The CAP and market distortion
In recent months, dealing with the financial crisis in the eurozone has logically been the main issue on the agenda of the Old Continent. The focus, intentionally or not, has been shifted from the remaining serious challenges facing European bureaucrats. The widely publicized, but difficult to implement at this stage, reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) could …
More »Georgi Tonev Kolev has been found
The mass approval and sympathy for the mysterious "snitch" launched a kind of crusade against the outrages of political life.
More »The Israeli Nightmare
What should you do if you are surrounded by enemies ready to tear you apart? From the theory of deterrence, and from the logic of street fighting, it follows that you should take action that clearly shows that you are ready to do anything to defend yourself. Simply put, you should make it clear that …
More »Дискусионен форум под надслов „Импулс за ИконоДЕИствие”
The aim of the interactive discussion forum under the title "Impulse for EconoACTION" is to stimulate new economic thinking among Bulgarians by increasing pluralism in the economic debate and improving its level by including internationally recognized economists. The forum will take place in the halls of the Hungarian Cultural Institute, Credo Bonum and …
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EKIP– Expert Club for Economics and Politics A Different Opinion