We have collected the comments and first impressions of various EKIP authors regarding last night's debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The compilation will be supplemented throughout the day. Dimitar Karagegov: In the first part of the debate, Trump was tragic and I started writing about how much he failed. However, the second part, I think, was …
More »As we expected: Tax hikes in municipalities
The newspaper "Sega" reports in its article that from 2017, a number of municipalities with financial difficulties will resort to raising taxes and fees. 36 municipalities are named, including Pernik, where the property acquisition tax is rising from 2% to 2.5%, Kardzhali with a plan to collect an additional 3.3 million ...
More »Trump's economic plan: higher taxes, higher inflation, and a higher minimum wage
Jeffrey Tucker* Just days after Donald Trump won the Republican nomination, the mask (such as it had been up to then) fell off. He quietly began telling reporters that he could be “tricked” into raising taxes, raising the minimum wage, and printing enough money to cover the national debt payments with cheap …
More »Interview: Pin your hopes on radical decentralization
Interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe for the Polish weekly Najwyższy Czas! What is your assessment of contemporary Western Europe and the EU in particular? All political parties in Western Europe, regardless of their different names and programs, gravitate around the fundamental idea of democratic socialism. They use elections to legitimize the taxation of the productive parts of …
More »Introduction to the Austrian School of Economics - Part Two
Chapter I, Part 2* You can read the first part HERE Life is a series of ups and downs In economic theory, there are similar analogous reversals - the constant alternation of a strong economic boom and an almost as long economic downturn. There are different opinions, theoretical and practical explanations for the emergence of business cycles. According to the "mainstream" ...
More »Gay self-defense activist: Arm yourself
Tom Palmer* We see a kind of celebration on the Internet over the slaughter of peaceful people simply because they are gay and American. This makes them a "double win" for the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). It is high time we fought back. We must stand up to the "gun-free" slaughterhouses. If there were a legal …
More »BLO with an official statement on the changes in the pension system
Opinion* To: Bulgarian Libertarian Society Subject: The creation of common technical pools in private insurance funds and the elimination of individual accounts during the payment period and the right of inheritance for second pensions according to the draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Social Security Code published by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria …
More »"Social" Sweden - increasingly oriented towards market healthcare
Turning to the market In Sweden, a country known for its generous welfare state that has been severely cut in recent years, a phenomenon is being observed that is unlikely to please those Americans who believe that the answer to the problems of Obamacare (b.p. – the popular name for the Affordable Care Act, introduced by President Obama, obliging …
More »Read what the Czech Republic's Health Minister said about the War on Drugs
Statement by the Head of the Czech Delegation, Minister of Health of the Czech Republic, Dr. Svatopluk Nemeček, at the 59th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, 14 March 2016. “Dear Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Ministers, Your Excellencies, dear friends and colleagues! Thank you for the opportunity that has been given to me …
More »A Reformer's Views on Right-Wing Politics: Part 2
DSB Chairman Radan Kanev announced a few days ago that he is preparing to create a new right-wing political project. According to Kanev, the Reformist Bloc has exhausted its potential, deviated from the right-wing idea and failed in its set goals. That is why he needs a new party to take his place …
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