Defending the position "against" Bulgaria's possible entry into the Eurozone, our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev entered into a debate with former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Nikolay Vassilev on bTV. According to Vuldzhev, the negatives of entering the Eurozone far outweigh the potential positives: If Bulgaria enters the Eurozone, which means eliminating …

Author: Türker Mollahasan The ratification procedure of the Istanbul Convention has generated numerous publications in the media space, as well as discussions on social networks. A similar reaction was also seen in many media outlets[1] when the Russian Federation adopted amendments to its legislation decriminalizing[2] the so-called “domestic violence”, regulating it as a component of an administrative …

If democracy is the rule of the majority, then the constitution is the mechanism that must ensure the rights of the individual against encroachments by this same majority. In the historical development of modern Bulgaria, four constitutions have operated – the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879, the so-called Dimitrov Constitution of 1947, the Zhivkov Constitution of 1971…

Author: Daniel Gospodinov I am writing this article in response to a recent post on this site, in which the author intelligently outlined his objections to the ratification of the controversial Istanbul Convention in our country. In this response, I would like to outline the points on which I disagree with the author of this post. Perhaps …

Murray Rothbard, "For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto" You can read Part I of this essay here. Noise is also a type of air pollution. Noise creates sound waves that travel through space and irradiate the property and bodies of others. It is only in recent years that medical professionals have begun to investigate the harmful effects of …

This article is part of the "Black Book of Government Waste", published in 2015. With over 65 million leva in annual subsidies from the state budget, the Bulgarian National Television is the largest budget-financed media in the country. The television is an institution with a special status, performing certain public functions. The current director of BNT, Vyara Ankova …

It is a common misconception that gold and silver are nearly identical precious metals and investments. It is true that they are very similar in many ways, and historically the most recognizable uses of each of the two metals – as jewelry and money – are the same. But this is a misleading notion…

Murray Rothbard, "For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto" Even if we assume that natural resources are entirely private and that the free market would preserve them much better than government regulation, what can we say about the problem of environmental pollution? Wouldn't we suffer from increased pollution caused by...

Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933) is present in our minds mainly through the popular culture romanticized gangsters, secret bars and richly dressed ladies and gentlemen drinking forbidden cocktails. In fact, however, our modern societies have preserved something else that defines this historical period – and that is Prohibition itself. Although in …

Ludwig von Mises, original title in English: "Lord Keynes and Say's law" I Lord Keynes's main contribution to economic thought lies not in the development of new ideas, but in the "escape from the old", as he declares at the end of the preface to his "General Theory". Keynesians tell us that his famous ...