Individual freedom is an important topic in every aspect of our lives, and through the prism of libertarianism, the protection of this freedom is a guarantee of prosperity in the relevant sphere. Topics such as the creation of works of art or the preservation of cultural heritage are no exception. In a series of articles we will try to …
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Pink fascism brought us to the "level of Nazism"
Guest Author: Alexander Mihaylov I recently came across this article in Club Z, written by Evgeniy Dainov, where the author (once again) criticizes the Bulgarian people (and folk psychology) these days as having degraded to an extremely low and even barbaric level. The specific example of this that Dainov addresses is the recent riots in Asenovgrad. According to the author, …
More »The history of photography as a lesson in capitalism
Photography is one of those strange creations of human culture that is difficult to fit into strictly established frameworks. It can be both art and science, used for entertainment, advertising and what not. We are so used to it - and at the same time we are ...
More »The virtue of consumerism
Author: Stefan Kichev Recently, in Western societies, and in our country as well, we often hear about the low and vulgar nature of "consumerism" - of consumer culture - how this quasi-philosophy makes us abandon the important things in life, and on the other hand, lures us to consider everything ...
More »Monthly Macroeconomic Monitor: Growth reaches pre-crisis levels in all sectors
Highlights: - Industrial production growth reaches highest levels since 2011. - Industrial and retail turnover growth also - Inflation slows down, both in consumer and producer prices - Entrepreneurs are more pessimistic about the next three to six months In May and …
More »Is our drug policy economically effective?
What is the problem with medicines? The problems in Bulgarian healthcare are not only with medicines. The problem of the entire system is actually the inefficient spending of funds, which is getting worse every year. The second problem is that since the establishment of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) until today, its budget has been growing by an average of about 7% per …
More »Demographics explain the results of the referendum in Tran
From EKIP we republish from Facebook the comment of Teodor Dimokenchev regarding the local referendums recently held in Tran and Uglen: Once again, a local referendum is being held in a Bulgarian settlement (Uglen) to approve a serious infrastructure project. Once again, investments have been stopped by the local population. I am personally …
More »Georgi Ganev and Stoyan Panchev on praxeology, schools, universities and taxes
Majoritarian or proportional system? The problems are different.
Author: Kaloyan Pravov In 2016, the parliament passed an unprecedented law that made voting mandatory, thus revoking the voting rights of all citizens. Although the texts providing for criminal sanctions for non-voters were repealed, voting is still “mandatory” by law. This year, the political class decided to bring a new dose of confusion …
More »Monuments game
Author: Ivo Kolarov The shamelessness of the left-wing political spectrum by nature has no limits. Its main apologists at home and abroad are able to deny and justify all the crimes of the followers of their political ideology from the Holodomor in Ukraine to the current situation in Venezuela. In order to take the position of “fighters …
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