Macroeconomic Monitor
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2019.04

Season 2, Episode 13 - The Labor Market with Georgi Ivanov from Noble Hire

In this episode: - What is the value of diplomas in 2019? - How can we be more competitive in the labor market? - Why are most job advertisements so clichéd and provide so little information? - How can more abstract skills such as leadership, communication, etc. be communicated to potential employers? …

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Pre-election warning for betrayers (Eurosceptics)

The upcoming European elections will play an important role in the direction of pan-continental development in the coming years, although our, Bulgarian, results are not particularly significant. The avalanche-like downward slide of Eurofederalization may be temporarily diverted or at least delayed as a consequence of the May vote in Germany and France. …

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Resignation as a political penicillin for chronic incompetence in power

Author: Nikola Genov Prime Minister Borisov has proven in his long political career that he is extremely consistent in his inconsistency. Many analysts, both well-intentioned towards his governments and opposition-minded, recognize his political acumen. His ability to be a weather vane of public storms is probably the main reason for ten years of political scandals …

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Types of market structures and a historical overview of the concept of competition

This article will be devoted to the market structures created by the neoclassical mainstream school. A retrospective of the concept of competition from the classical economists onwards will be made, and thus it will be possible to answer the question of why and how the models of perfect and imperfect competition were created. First, what is a market? Every …

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The global financial and economic crisis of 2008 through the eyes of the Austrian School of Economics

Author: Kristiyan Korelov It has been more than a decade since one of the largest stock market panics in the United States occurred. Credit markets had completely stopped functioning (Gorton, 2008), and the situation was very similar to that of the panic of 1907, when banks were in massive need of liquidity and a huge part of …

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17. Personal Finance and How to Invest in Bitcoin (with guest Nikolay Delchev)

00:23 – Presentation of the topics in the episode and the special guest Nikolay Delchev from "Forum Finance" 01:10 - Presentation of the Virtual Pension Fund in March 05:35 – News from Bulgaria 17:20 – Macro and Markets 29:45 – Fintech news 39:55 – Interview with Nikolay Delchev 40:05 – The idea and …

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Freedom during “slavery” – some reflections on the status of Bulgarian settlements during Ottoman rule

Author: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristiyan Atanasov Elementary economic logic suggests that a lower tax rate is an opportunity for the accumulation of greater wealth by the individuals of society. It is clear that an enterprising person has the opportunity to earn more and, accordingly, the smaller part of what he earns he transfers for the “common good” (for example, to the state, …

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Let's give way to young people in politics - fine, but do they deserve it?

I don't know about you, but for me personally, election season is always a particularly unpleasant time of year. When it comes to election time, politicians who otherwise haven't really accomplished anything in the last few years start telling you how much they're going to accomplish in the next few. And that's why you should vote...

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Infographic: Food prices rise at highest rate since 2013

Source: NSI Comment: In March, consumer price inflation continued to accelerate and reached 3.60% on an annual basis, compared to 3.22% in February, according to the latest NSI data. The most serious growth is already being reported in the prices of food products and non-alcoholic beverages, which reach 5.61%, while prices for entertainment …

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S2E12 - Impressions from LibertyCon Belgrade 2019 with Yanko Boyadzhiev

In this episode, we discuss our impressions of the annual libertarian conference LibertyCon in Belgrade, organized by European Students for Liberty. Links: LibertyCon 2019 - www.facebook.com/events/2019-libe…361606101079163/ Dimitar Karagegov at TEDxVitosha - youtu.be/ZB22iNCw0L8 Freedom for Hemp: The Big Hit - www.facebook.com/events/323529961573628/ For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the podcast audio by clicking the “Download” button in …

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