Macroeconomic Monitor
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2018

Cities have always had their squares and green spaces.

green areas

Parks are an invention and a luxury of modern society. This is true of many things that we take for granted, but they are a direct result of the general affluence in some parts of the world, a consequence of the division of labor, of scientific progress, and in general – the opportunity to live without working every day, all day, …

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How right is Salvini about the “Brussels bunker”?

The direction of his argument may be wrong, but not his substance. Italy has really been infuriating Europe lately. The populist government, led by the outside-the-box Five Star Party of comedian-turned-politician Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini’s Northern League, has announced it will publish a 2019 budget with a deficit …

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Ep. 35: Conservatism, Liberalism and Nationalism with Toncho Krajevski

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The problem of corruption - what is it and how is it solved?

corruption

This text is a translation of the article “The problem of corruption” published on Mises.org more than 16 years ago. This translation is provoked by the unwillingness to accept the thesis that the quality of the state is solely a consequence of what the people in the country in question are like. This would, for me, …

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Who is more left-wing: Criticism of conservatives and libertarians I

conservatives and libertarians

Each group should try to be a little like the other. One of the favorite pastimes of people on the right (apart from making 2.96-style jokes and saying "Who's not like that?" on national airwaves) is to measure their rightness in intellectual sparring, which often ends with blocking on Facebook, and in ...

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(Un)productive for the problems of Mladost and Sofia

the problems of Mladost

The Sofia neighborhood of Mladost has become a center of what American political scientists call grassroots activism. Starting with the election of the controversial and currently indicted Desislava Ivancheva as district mayor in October 2016 – through the support of local committees and gravitating activists of small urban parties in opposition to …

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Why can't the state fulfill the demands of pensioners?

the demands of pensioners

A protest by a number of pensioner organizations, supported by President Rumen Radev, was held in front of the Council of Ministers today, with demands that generally converge towards one common one - an increase in pensions. In more detail, the main demands of the protesters are 5 - higher indexation of pensions, removal of the pension ceiling, the creation of a law ...

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About the forbidden fruit in Bulgarian history

Prohibitions have been part of the history of mankind since biblical times. Their emergence and public acceptance or rejection are the result of a long evolutionary process. In fact, the past abounds with examples in which attempts by state or other authorities to impose certain restrictions ended in failure. The most popular is probably the attempt to introduce …

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Ep. 34: The Death of Journalism with Nikolaos Tsitiridis

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