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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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...

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 …

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 …

The topics of the participation of authors from the EKIP in March concerned: social security, healthcare, religion. Editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldjev, in the news of bTV, shared his concern about the falsification of documents for receiving a pension. According to him, there is no archival information available about what insurance contributions individuals have paid and to what extent …

(Click on the infographic for a larger size) Data source: NSI Commentary As seen from the latest data, in February the growth of industrial production and sales accelerated for the second consecutive month after the decline reported in December. Looking at the data, it may seem that the risks in the sector have subsided, but alas, this …

In this episode: - How will Macron's federalization plan affect the EU and Bulgaria? - Which aspects of it are likely to be implemented? - How did Bulgarian analysts comment on the plan? For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the podcast audio by clicking the “Download” button in the player above. No …