With Tsvetan Vuchkov from the Executive Board of the Bulgarian Libertarian Society, we exchanged impressions from our recent travels to two major global cities - Singapore and London. In this episode: - Is Singapore a libertarian utopia? - Is London a liberal dystopia? - Is private property enough to guarantee …

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The global wine market is driven by wine consumption habits, rapid urbanization, changing lifestyles and high incomes, the popularity of wine products during holidays, as well as an aging population that prefers wine over other hard drinks. Wine consumption is increasing worldwide and …

Original article: Ryan McMaken, mises.org The condemnation of consumerism is ubiquitous in modern media and popular culture. Anyone who has seen “A Charlie Brown Christmas” from 1965 knows about this struggle. Every time we see Charlie Brown opt for the “authentic” Christmas – buying himself a small Christmas tree, which is natural, …

Direct state intervention in pricing is a traditional tool for solving economic or social problems caused by a sharp increase or decrease in prices. The economic past of Bulgaria during the period between the First and Second World Wars (1919-1939) reveals some typical practices of state pricing and their consequences. It was already …

In the episode: - Bansko, the lifts and tourism - How oil saved the whales - The mining industry and Tran - The future of green technologies For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the audio of the podcast by clicking on the “Download” button in the player above. Don't forget to like and share on Facebook and …

Dear listeners, in the "fatal" episode of "The Intelligent Investor" our guest is Boris Pavlov - Bulgarian entrepreneur, founder and manager of Flat Manager - a property management company for short-term rentals on the Airbnb/Booking market. We talked with him in depth about the real estate market in Bulgaria and what are the …

As we at EKIP have explained many times, the pension system is bankrupt. And we offer some solutions to this problem. "So far so good," at least some of you are surely saying to yourself, "but what can I personally do about it?". "How can I take care of my financial well-being in old age in such a …

This episode on YouTube In this episode: - Why do we overeat during the holidays? - How to eat chocolate and lose weight? - Who would win in a fight - Rumen Radev or Boyko Borisov? - Lazar Radkov answers our donors' questions Links: Live to Lift 30 for 30 Caps for …

Regarding industrial production – Industrial production growth remained almost unchanged in November at 1.23% year-on-year. The breakdown of production by sector also shows no significant change compared to October. Only in the mining industry did the decline in production slow down to 2.57% in November from 7.18% in October. …