Taking a “broader view”, the European Commission has once again taken the step of expanding market regulations and powers at the expense of individual and corporate freedom. The Tobacco Products Directive was due to be voted on on 10 September, but the bill will be considered again on 8 October. Despite the good-sounding clichés …
More »Libertarianism vs. Fascism - Part One
For some reason, the view that libertarianism will lead to social and economic collapse, just like fascism, Nazism, or communism, is common. This article will show exactly why such “predictions” are impossible through a comparative analysis of libertarianism and fascism.
More »Critique of Impure Reason. The Battle Over What Libertarianism Is
Some time ago, Kalin Mikov commented that informed critics of libertarianism are practically nonexistent. Unfortunately, Dr. Svetoslav Salkin also fails in his attempt to fill the niche. Like his predecessors, yet another attack on libertarianism is not distinguished by information, let alone originality.
More »Bureaucrats decided to fix inequality between men and women
Over the past week, bureaucrats have stepped on the gas in their misguided attempts to improve the world. We have seen tragicomic decisions, such as the ban on glass olive oil in the EU. This will hurt the sector, but it is unlikely to ruin it. The regulation may not even survive until it comes into force. While EU officials …
More »The failed bypass of healthcare reform
Contrary to conventional logic, which says that the interim government should not act populist, it has made an extremely harmful intervention in the pharmaceutical market. The regulation is “in the name of the people”, who will have to bear the secondary effects of it when it is repealed (as is expected) in a year.
More »Guest article: The 10 measures of the UDF
We continue with the topic of election campaigns and programs, focusing on the parties on the right. And the UDF opened its election campaign with 10 measures (of which I will look at 8, because the other 2 are not available) that will "modernize" Bulgaria (or at least they won't take it back).
More »Guest article: Offshore, offshore
Cameron's government was forced to turn to business as the culprit for the tax gap - large companies such as Starbucks and Amazon were accused of avoiding taxes and paying less than their "fair share".
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