The raging discussion in the media space about the role of the market and the state is undoubtedly an interesting topic. The total ignoring of basic concepts and facts in it is definitely disturbing. This article is also aimed at explaining them. Who comes first? The person or the society.
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Nothing New in the West. Or about the Bulgarian Right*
What happened to the democratic idea, what happened to the blue parties, what happened to the idea of individual freedom? Has every Bulgarian citizen decided that his freedom is insignificant, unnecessary and is ready to sacrifice it in the name of the "common good"?
More »Where will the bubble burst?
Guest article: State, market and market fundamentalism*
Over the past two decades, each government has been entrusted with hopes of an economic “revival”, of prosperity and social justice. However, only about six months after coming to power, the enthusiasm has always disappeared, and scandals and accusations of corruption, revenge and economic clientelism have taken over. Perhaps the current government is an exception.
More »Balloon recovery – part 1
Five years after the start of the Great Recession, we can take stock that the much-dreamed-of economic recovery of the global economy is missing.
More »Guest article: What prevents us from being free?
Who wants communism? Nobody, of course, everyone wants freedom... and if possible a welfare state. This sounds as paradoxical as the reasoning about Achilles and the Tortoise.
More »What prevents us from being free?
Who wants communism? Nobody, of course, everyone wants freedom... and if possible a welfare state. This sounds as paradoxical as the reasoning about Achilles and the Tortoise.
More »Why European standards remain a mirage - Part 2
Last month, we looked at labor productivity in Bulgaria as one of the main problems preventing the country from reaching so-called "European standards" of living (link). It is time to also examine the reasons for the lack of sufficient growth in this area.
More »Are you reading, Madam Minister of Education?
Personally, I will remember another scandal in the "Oresharski" government with the thoughtless and inadequate actions of Minister Klisarova. With her comments, she left the impression that on Thursday she defended a project with the content of which she is absolutely unfamiliar. It is logical, under these circumstances, to raise the question: Do you read before you speak, Madam Minister?
More »On the need for a whip. The internal BSP games
The chants of the protesters in the streets, "Red trash", are hardly pleasing to some of the BSP members. It is unlikely that even some of them associate themselves with those members of the party for whom the slogan itself was created in the early 90s. It was the offended BSP sympathizers who rose up in rebellion against ...
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