Macroeconomic Monitor
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2020.09

The legacy of Vladislav Goranov

Vladislav Goranov

Vladislav Goranov has decided to become a lobbyist. This is the gist of the news that the former finance minister has decided to establish a consulting firm after his resignation from the GERB government. All doubts about a potential conflict of interest aside, hardly anyone can be seriously surprised by such news. Still …

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Benjamin Constant on the moral hazard of state intervention

Author: Stefan Boyadzhiev “Variety is life, uniformity is death.” Benjamin Constant is one of the most notable and colorful representatives of the generation of classical liberals between Montesquieu and Tocqueville. Unfortunately, to a large extent, he shares the fate of another great French thinker, Frederic Bastiat, and remains poorly recognized by future generations, which …

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Why is Borisov refusing to resign?

resignation

Mass protests in Bulgaria have been going on for two months, but the government stubbornly refuses to resign. Despite the obvious damage this is doing to the ratings of the government and the prime minister himself, despite the increasingly critical tone of the foreign press, GERB and United Patriots are determined to hold on to power until the last moment...

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Supporting commas

"The worst financial crisis is coming." With this argument, Boyko Borisov refused to resign in July. It may seem like a long time ago or even like a past life, but in fact the quote is less than two months old, and the reason it feels so distant is that this argument was not ...

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To leave "Mutroland"

On Friday morning, the media broke the news that the toy retail chain "Hippoland" was being inspected by the National Revenue Agency, Economic Police, and the General Directorate of Market Supervision. This happened exactly one day after employees of the company joined the organized protests against the government and after ...

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