Over the past few years, many governments around the world, along with central and private banks, have been gradually trying to minimize or completely eliminate cash payments. The idea is to make all types of transfers and commercial transactions via banking and/or digital channels as soon as possible. In order to …
More »Tax harmonization in the EU: an extremely dangerous idea
In the last few weeks, there has been a lot of buzz in the European media about the proposal by Angela Merkel and François Hollande to harmonize corporate taxes in the European Union. The specific idea is to introduce a minimum tax rate that all EU member states are required to implement (a detailed plan for this is expected …
More »Are big profits a social evil?
In the eyes of most people, business profits, especially large profits, are a bad thing. In 2010, a social survey in the United States found that the majority of people associate large profits with greater social harm [1]. Similar prejudices are also very widespread in our native Bulgaria, further fueled by our nearby socialist …
More »The irresponsible populism of free sanitation
At the end of last year, GERB announced its intention to initiate a program for free renovation of EPK blocks with more than 36 apartments. Today, a few months later, despite the obvious problems and the lack of quality planning, the program is a fact and is already in its initial stage. For a large part of the citizens, …
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