We propose something really interesting - a combination of a guest commentary by Kuzman Iliev and our editor Stoyan Panchev - in one Kuzman Iliev Europe banned vacuum cleaners with a power of over 1,600W, which became the reason for writing the article in the newspaper Dnevnik "Economics of the banned vacuum cleaner", with author Yulian Popov. "The debate ...

Today we honor the victims of totalitarianism, especially two of its most horrific manifestations – Nazism and Communism, which led to the deaths of millions and the destruction of human well-being for decades. On this occasion, we have published some statistics from “The Black Book of Communism”, a volume by Harvard University Press, in which …

Electricity bills are truly unique phenomena for the market (heavily state-controlled) – grid access surcharge, electricity distribution surcharge, green energy surcharge, etc. Unique because I have not noticed in my receipt at the hairdresser that there is access to a beauty salon, a hairdryer surcharge, or “unreimbursed shampoo costs” (yes, and …

On July 17, in one of the smaller halls of the Balkan Hotel (former Sheraton) in the center of the capital, a conference was held under the title "Social Policy for Growth - the Right Path", organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, affiliated with Mrs. Merkel's party in Germany. The main idea of the event, as explained by the hosts, is ...

An interesting article has appeared in the electronic version of Sega, discussing the possibilities (or impossibilities) of implementing a reform on the issue of the prohibition of the use, possession and sale of narcotic substances. It is useful to consider some of the theses presented in the text. At the end of the second paragraph, the author states: Instead of …

It is difficult to argue with arithmetic and, accordingly, with the thesis that the welfare state is facing bankruptcy. About 30% of everything produced in Europe and North America is seized by the state and spent to improve the well-being of certain social groups – the poor, children, pensioners, etc. However, this redistribution ...

Elections are coming up, and the political formation that is most aggressively targeting the so-called “right-wing voter” (a group that our average libertarian generally belongs to) with its messages is the Reformist Bloc (RB). That is why I decided to devote some attention to the 12 “principles” through which the RB wants to build a fair and modern public environment[1]. 1. “New electoral …

A quick stroll down the central streets of Portugal's two largest cities - Lisbon and Porto - is enough to reveal a serious problem with the Iberian country's real estate market. Half a dozen empty buildings litter the landscape of Lisbon's equivalent of the Champs-Elysees, Avenida da Liberdade - up to ...

Thomas Sowell The political slogan “War on Women” is actually a war on common sense. The statements of many politicians that women earn only 77% of men’s income and that the reason for this is discrimination are nothing more than statistical fraud. Women would definitely be discriminated against if they were doing the same …

A game of rich and poor “Nations sometimes do indeed manage to adopt efficient institutions and achieve prosperity, but alas, these are rare cases” Acemoglu and Robinson (2012)[1] The rich-poor contrast has always been a leading theme for many, and elevating it to the level of countries is a particularly thorny issue from an economic perspective. …