Gregory Brasiger Over the past 80 years, governments have been expected to provide more and more social services. This means ever-increasing costs to taxpayers, both ours and future generations yet to be born. Since governments have been almost constantly running in the red, they have become like cocaine addicts desperately looking for their next …

As the world watches with rapture the unconventional oil and gas revolution in the United States, the largest crude oil producer, Russia, is looking for ways to increase its energy production capacity and maintain its leading position in the market. After more than 6 years of refusing to accept that unconventional …

In the middle of this week, the parliament adopted on second reading the amendments to the Labor Code regulating internships and legal relations between employers and interns studying with them. The amendments to the law aim to increase youth employment and improve the labor market. According to the new regulations, interns up to 29 years of age, …

Today, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) published data on the level of the consumer price index in February, according to which deflation in Bulgaria deepened to 2.6% on an annual basis from 2.2% in January, reaching a seven-month high. Maria Ivanova from Capital commented on the data as follows: From an economic point of view, deflation is a problem, …

While reading material about the upcoming debates on the topic of the “modernization” of higher education in Bulgaria, I came across a text that can clearly illustrate the essence of the problem[1]. At the end of the cited article, there are several questions asked that I would like to pay attention to, adding a few small corrections (on my behalf in italics …

For the past ten days, all eyes have been on Ukraine. And while the media has been discussing various political issues at length – the claims to power of the president who fled the country, the various moves of the opposition that took power, and the very real possibility that Crimea could secede from Kiev and (possibly) return to …

500 years ago, Martin Luther launched a campaign against the financial corruption and moral decay of the Roman Catholic world. At that time, the Western church had been transformed from a voluntary religious community into a totalitarian political institution aimed at accumulating power and wealth. Luther rightly insisted that the long-delayed spiritual reformation could not be …

If you're in a hurry to get from point A to point B, you're in Paris, and you have a smartphone at hand, you can use a mobile app to request a car to come to your service. But, for the sake of a fairer world, you'll have to wait at least 15 minutes before you can drive off. The French government …

Frank Hollenbeck The gap between rich and poor continues to widen. In 1975, the richest 1% of the population held 8% of the economic pie; now they own over 20%. This is a striking change from the 1950s and 1960s, when the richest owned just over 10%. Research by Emmanuel Saez has shown that between …

This is an abridged version of the report presented by Daniel Vassilev during the First Meeting on Free Education, organized by the National Network of Parents. When comparing economic indicators – such as GDP per capita and labor productivity – of Bulgaria and a Western country, especially non-economists rarely …