After a series of investigative reports by Nova TV, this morning all print and online media started the day with unambiguous headlines like "The Ministry of Education admitted to mass cheating in the matriculation exams." In a very similar scenario, after complaints from the owner of "Aladdin Foods" and the National Association of Dairy Processors, another public secret was revealed, ...

The heated debates surrounding healthcare reforms have recently returned. But instead of the conversation heading in the right direction, namely towards the topic of liberalizing the health insurance market, it has gone astray and has turned to the chasm of fines and collection rates. We are not saying here that there are no problems with the collection of insurance premiums - there are many ...

The months of March and April are a time for frequent meetings with the state administration, especially for those of us who have businesses, have founded non-governmental organizations, work on civil contracts, or even just have to fill out a tax return. Regardless of which tax/fee/document collecting institution we encounter, the common denominator is that we will …

In public choice theory (which became particularly popular after the Nobel Prize for one of its founders, James Buchanan), there is talk of the so-called "rational ignorance". It is a situation in which the expenditure of resources (time, attention, effort, etc.) required for a person to become informed on a given issue exceeds the potential benefit of learning ...

I did it, finally traveling the miles to attend one of the largest gatherings of libertarians in the world. It was the International Students For Liberty Conference 2015, held from February 13 to 15 at the enormous Marriott Wardman Park, the largest hotel in Washington, D.C. The event of the year brought together more than 1,000 …

The topic of state railways has been a favorite political chewing gum since the very beginning of the transition. Especially considering the fact that the railway company (as a classic state enterprise) in its slow death has become a black hole for taxpayers' money. The annual state subsidy for passenger transportation with discounted tickets alone amounts to …

Yesterday, the more left-wing of the two major unions – the Confederation of Bulgarian Trade Unions – brought its members to parliament to protest changes to the pension system and a number of other elements of the budget that they disagree with. Of course, the aim of the union pressure is to give more money to a certain group of workers who …

The Bulgarian Ministry of Education has one important (at least according to it) administrative function – the preparation and enforcement of annual curricula and programs, according to which schools in the country must organize the teaching process. This system of “regulation of the educational process” should be more related to the general study of state …

Yesterday, in a successful PR move, the headquarters of the Reformist Bloc managed to include in Radan Kanev's live interview with Kapital newspaper hip hop artist Itso Hazarta - making the conversation significantly more interesting and more watchable. The Upsurt rapper himself insisted in front of the camera that he wanted to support "Radan, the people around him" because of ...

For those familiar with the nature and history of major political movements in the US and UK, it is clear that one of the main elements of what is considered the “right” is the so-called fiscal conservatism. The idea that the state apparatus should (at a minimum) spend as much as it can collect through the tax system, and …