| Full text of the analysis | In recent months, Bulgaria's potential entry into the Eurozone has once again become one of the most discussed topics in the public sphere. What is remarkable, however, is that this case has become not so much a topic of debate as a topic of...sermon. A sermon by politicians from …
More »Why is there no point in having a special law for "personal bankruptcy"?
(Notes on the discussion of the idea in the media, statistics, the Quran and the Bible) Author: Krasen Stanchev "The matter I am considering is the same as that which Thomas Hobbes had in mind, only it is more enormous." - Woody Allen In addition to the analogies "that's how it is in the USA", "I experienced" this bankruptcy, "in many EU countries there is such a ...
More »Without government regulations - greater initiative and wealth
(EXAMPLE FROM THE BULGARIAN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY) Author: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristiyan Atanasov A few words in advance Bulgarian historical science has long proven that the beginning of the Bulgarian Revival should be attributed to the period between the end of the 17th and the first decade of the 18th century. This is the moment of the initial awakening of already new …
More »The Euro's Secret Weakness
We are in the process of yet another assault, organized by the native authorities, towards one of the half-wanted, half-unwanted so-called national goals. As with the Schengen zone, so with the common currency of the European Union, the government is wandering between a reasonable wait for the problems to be eventually resolved, aka Simeon Dyankov with the Euro, and enthusiastic demarches to …
More »EKIP against the Euro on national airwaves
As one of the few right-wing economists who are skeptical about Bulgaria’s entry into the Eurozone, our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev and founder Stoyan Panchev recently took part in a number of television shows and debates on the topic. On NOVA TV, Stoyan Panchev confronted the former deputy minister …
More »Economic freedom is the way to have freedom of speech
The latest report by Reporters Without Borders once again ranked Bulgaria in the unenviable 111th position in terms of freedom of speech in the world. The debate on this topic in the country revolves mostly around the causes without looking for a way out of the situation. The solution to the problem of limited freedom of speech lies in economic freedom. …
More »Why should Scotland introduce a flat tax?
Author: Nikolay Filibev With the arrival of April, a change in the tax system in Scotland came into effect. The existing income tax system in the UK is being complicated by adding two new rates and changing their scope. The main argument with which the minority Scottish National Party government was able to …
More »Gambling restrictions do not cure the disease, only its symptom
In recent weeks, two proposals to ban gambling ads have emerged from remarkably diverse sources. First, Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov said that gambling ads, specifically targeting the lottery, are "outrageous" and the NFSB is drafting a bill to ban them, and this week, the newly formed extra-parliamentary coalition "Democratic Bulgaria" also came out with ...
More »Joining the Eurozone carries many more risks than benefits
The more there is talk about the potential adoption of the euro in Bulgaria, the more often the argument is made that our country will be able to attract more investment in this way. This is the main line along which it is claimed that entering the Eurozone will enrich Bulgarian citizens – more investment means more jobs …
More »The beauty of the uncontrollable city
The dream of the perfect city is almost as old as civilization itself. Whether city planners dream of parallel and perpendicular straight streets, or radial streets intersected by smaller and larger rings of "rings" or some other variation - proto-urbanists' attempts to create the ideal urban environment have been around for centuries. Older than them...
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