Economist from EKIP Daniel Vassilev took part in the roundtable held on Wednesday in the National Assembly, which mainly discussed the topic of ownership and development along the Black Sea coastline, the categorization of territories, as well as ownership of dunes and the powers of private individuals and companies owning properties on which ...

Incidents in ammunition production or disposal plants are becoming more and more common in the news. Unfortunately, regardless of their nature and the reasons for their occurrence, they are perceived as something that happens because of private initiative in the sector. This “stone in the garden” of the free market is largely …

The heated debates surrounding healthcare reforms have recently returned. But instead of the conversation heading in the right direction, namely towards the topic of liberalizing the health insurance market, it has gone astray and has turned to the chasm of fines and collection rates. We are not saying here that there are no problems with the collection of insurance premiums - there are many ...

"Economic growth" has become one of the most overused mantras these days and serves as a justification for almost every inefficient government spending, government intervention in market relations, or favoritism for businesses close to power. All parties — except one — comment at length in their programs on the recipes for how …

John Goodman Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, died last week at the age of 91.[1] Almost every biographical note in his memory comments on the radical transition that began under his leadership. As John Fund notes in the National Review: “Through reforms toward free trade, capital formation, a strong meritocratic education system, low taxes …

The months of March and April are a time for frequent meetings with the state administration, especially for those of us who have businesses, have founded non-governmental organizations, work on civil contracts, or even just have to fill out a tax return. Regardless of which tax/fee/document collecting institution we encounter, the common denominator is that we will …

A new report from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) shows a sharp decline in marijuana possession arrests in Colorado and highlights the positive aspects of its decriminalization. The main findings of the report are: Since 2010, marijuana possession charges have dropped by 90%; marijuana cultivation charges have dropped by …

In the eyes of most people, business profits, especially large profits, are a bad thing. In 2010, a social survey in the United States found that the majority of people associate large profits with greater social harm [1]. Similar prejudices are also very widespread in our native Bulgaria, further fueled by our nearby socialist …