On Friday, parliament will discuss the government's budget update proposal at third reading. This comes after the president vetoed the legislative changes a week ago because, according to him, the proposed increase in state spending is opaque. But the main question we need to ask ourselves is - do we want …
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What can we learn from South Korea's education system?
It is often discussed how Bulgaria (as well as other countries from the former socialist bloc) should adopt Western culture and production methods. Unfortunately, the West, having quickly forgotten its lessons from the socialism of the last century, has with a cheerful and naive leap set off on the path to the same system that it spat out so much...
More »Why are government-funded science projects a waste of our money?
Should taxpayer money be used to fund scientific projects? Is there a better way to fund research? What are the problems with government spending?
More »Guest article: Why are government-funded science projects a waste of our money?
Should taxpayer money be used to fund scientific projects? Is there a better way to fund research? What are the problems with government spending?
More »The Ten Principles of a Free Society*
The Ten Principles of a Free Society is an appendix to Ron Paul's book - Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom. Expect the entire book translated into Bulgarian soon
More »Distrust in the National Social Security Institute
The upcoming deal with POK Doverie has caused serious controversy, with one of the most widespread opinions being Dimitar Sabev's article "Distrust in the Second Pillar", published on the Solidarna Bulgaria website. As we can assume from the title of the media outlet, the article's bias is quite anti-market (after all, as we have been told many times before...
More »Libertarianism vs. Fascism - Part One
For some reason, the view that libertarianism will lead to social and economic collapse, just like fascism, Nazism, or communism, is common. This article will show exactly why such “predictions” are impossible through a comparative analysis of libertarianism and fascism.
More »Five years later, the Eurozone is still dreaming of growth
With the deepening of the debt problems in the Eurozone in 2008 and the subsequent entry into recession, promises at the parliamentary level began to multiply, ambitions sharpened, and the path to growth seemed so clearly outlined that ... five years later, it is hard to believe how far we actually are from the dreamed-of recovery.
More »Skyscrapers and Crises II: Bulgaria
Following the first part of the series on the link between tall building construction and impending economic collapses, Kalin Mikov takes the theory behind this relationship and applies it to Bulgaria. If you haven't read the previous part, do so HERE.
More »Plan O: Keynesianism, Shurobaginism, a bloated welfare state
At the BSP plenum on Friday, Prime Minister Oresharski presented his action plan to his socialist colleagues. The Oresharski Plan - also known as "protest as much as you want, don't bother me" - contains the priorities of the "program government" of the ruling BSP-DPS coalition.
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