This text was originally published in the collection "2020: Inside and Beyond" It was already clear in March that 2020 would not be easy for the government of Boyko Borisov. A state of emergency was declared just days after the first registered case of COVID-19. This was followed by a collapse in economic activity, a spike in unemployment and …
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The banks must have gone crazy.
This text was originally published in the collection "2020: Inside and Beyond" Every intricate story has to start somewhere. In this one about the super-massive printing of money, that moment is in 2008, and the starting point is the United States. To get to the answer to the question of why central banks are printing more today …
More »Right-wing topics that politicians don't have the balls to touch
There are a little more than 2 weeks left until the elections. For every Bulgarian with a (un)healthy interest in politics, 2 things are striking – the almost complete lack of campaigns by most participants, and the blurred “field” of new formations. A closer look at these new formations draws attention to something else – the lack of …
More »Let's legalize vote selling
“Buying and selling votes is a crime” It may sound provocative, but the above slogan (because it is precisely a slogan) is completely meaningless. Moreover, it is elitist, racist and repressive nonsense. First of all, however, it is illogical nonsense. Because, logically speaking, buying and selling votes not only cannot …
More »We see, we see
Since discovering the magic of Facebook livestreaming, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has a new favorite word: you see. On Saturday, for example, it turned out that we see “how quickly and organized vaccination is being carried out,” which is a variety. Most of the time, we see how high-quality construction is in Bulgaria, while renovation work is inspected not …
More »Konrad Adenauer and GERB - a meaningful collaboration?
In the photo: Prime Minister Boyko Borissov with Hans-Gert Pöttering, a politician from the CDU in Germany and chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 2010 to 2017. In the Bulgarian media space, opinions on the development of Bulgaria made by the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation [named after the first Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Germany …
More »(Maybe) the best feature film about "Wall Street"
"Margin Call" is probably my favorite feature film about finance. I say "maybe" because the far more famous "The Big Short" will always remain a serious contender. But "Margin Call" has a certain charm and, I would say, depth that "The Big Short" lacks. In "Margin Call" we follow the reaction of a large fund ...
More »For every Thatcher – a thousand Lagardes
Author: Yaroslav Romanchuk Group and class interests are tearing apart the foundations of the institutions of freedom and the market. Women, sexual minorities, racial, religious, environmental, ethnic and all sorts of different groups are demanding their rightful place not only in the system of governance, but also in the management of business and international public organizations. The tyranny of …
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TEAM · 35. Meme stocks and cryptomania - how is 2021 starting? 02:30 – How are the predictions we made in the previous episode going? 04:50 – How is the bull market in cryptocurrencies developing? What is the significance of Tesla's investment in Bitcoin? 15:50 – Mistakes when looking for the best time to invest in …
More »How an Internet Forum Confused the Plans of the Entire Financial Industry
Hello, dear investors and traders. Have you been following the markets lately? Some of you may have already noticed that something strange is happening with GameStop (GME) shares. Over the past two or three days, financiers have been appearing in some media outlets complaining that a sub-forum on Reddit (r/wallstreetbets) is almost manipulating the price. As …
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