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Double standards on Bulgaria's path to ERM II and the eurozone

The native MEPs were beating their chests that they had successfully fought for new EU legislation in the field of consumer goods, through which they would prevent the so-called "double standard" of food between the eastern and western parts of the continent. Whether this is fake news or just political posturing - remains a topic of …

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The proximity of the eurozone and its risks

In the midst of Brexit, about which I[i] wrote on June 22, 2016[ii] and where nothing unexpected has happened since the then-forecast, and in the midst of domestically important political topics, the approaching expected actions for Bulgaria’s entry into the “eurozone waiting room” and membership in the zone itself were completely forgotten. If we exclude the statements of …

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Healthcare based on the formula "no dissatisfied people"

The principle of "no dissatisfied" is particularly respected in the pre-election environment in Bulgaria. This year's elections are double, and so are the expectations. The promise of the ruling party that no hospitals will be closed during their term speaks well enough about the attitude they have towards reforms in the healthcare system. In order to ...

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Types of market structures and a historical overview of the concept of competition

This article will be devoted to the market structures created by the neoclassical mainstream school. A retrospective of the concept of competition from the classical economists onwards will be made, and thus it will be possible to answer the question of why and how the models of perfect and imperfect competition were created. First, what is a market? Every …

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The global financial and economic crisis of 2008 through the eyes of the Austrian School of Economics

Author: Kristiyan Korelov It has been more than a decade since one of the largest stock market panics in the United States occurred. Credit markets had completely stopped functioning (Gorton, 2008), and the situation was very similar to that of the panic of 1907, when banks were in massive need of liquidity and a huge part of …

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Freedom during “slavery” – some reflections on the status of Bulgarian settlements during Ottoman rule

Author: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristiyan Atanasov Elementary economic logic suggests that a lower tax rate is an opportunity for the accumulation of greater wealth by the individuals of society. It is clear that an enterprising person has the opportunity to earn more and, accordingly, the smaller part of what he earns he transfers for the “common good” (for example, to the state, …

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TEAM in the media about the new pension formula and healthcare problems

The topics of the participation of authors from the EKIP in March concerned: social security, healthcare, religion. Editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldjev, in the news of bTV, shared his concern about the falsification of documents for receiving a pension. According to him, there is no archival information available about what insurance contributions individuals have paid and to what extent …

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Why is Regulation H-18 on cash registers so disruptive to Bulgarian business?

Author: Veselin Pashov On 28.09.2018. the updated Regulation H18 concerning cash registers was published in the next issue of the State Gazette. In connection with fiscal devices, structural changes are being introduced concerning the manufacturers of such products, which, generally speaking, will lead to sending information every 5 minutes from the devices to the servers …

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