Economy

Guest author: Stefan Boyadzhiev Man never mounts higher than when he knows not where he is going. —Oliver Cromwell* Two weeks ago, EKIP published an article by Slavcho Marinov, which was dedicated to a critique of libertarianism. It, in turn, was the second part of the author's more general theme and idea, to …

Despite its obvious failures in the twentieth century, Marxism remains one of the most widespread political and economic ideologies of our time. Western democracies have adopted many of the principles and policies advocated by Marx and his followers, and many post-colonial developing countries have built their societies on the basis of socialist …

Guest author: Dimitar Tomov Dimitar Tomov is a young entrepreneur, owner of a small business in the technology sector, who, like many other Bulgarian entrepreneurs and workers, is puzzled by the confusing complexity of the Bulgarian tax code: The confusion between gross and net salary in Bulgaria does not come only because of the terms used. People have long used …

| Full text of the report | In recent years, urban planning issues in Sofia have become a particularly topical and politically heated topic in the public sphere. Our new report aims to present our vision of the reforms that urban planning policy in Sofia needs in order to improve its quality …

Most economists have opinions about what stage of the business cycle an economy is in. But if you haven't noticed, many of their predictions turn out to be wrong. For example, Ben Bernanke in 2007 (then chairman of the Federal Reserve) predicted that the US was not headed for a recession and that …

On 31.10.2018, the National Assembly (“NA”)[i] submitted a Bill to supplement the Consumer Protection Act from a group of MPs from the United Patriots group, which gained wide popularity on social networks under the name “The Law on Surcharges”. Following Valeri Simeonov’s statements about children with disabilities and their mothers …

When we talk about health, does more money equal better quality? How accessible is medical care in Bulgaria? What are the useful moves before the institutions? The state of the system Questions like the above have been asked annually, and this year marks twenty years since the beginning of the reform. A beginning that is not …

This article is an excerpt from the new report of the EKIP on urban planning policy in Sofia, authored by Georgi Vuldjev and Teodor Karakolev, which will be officially published on 06.11.2018. In recent years in Sofia, we have been lucky enough to observe a visual comparative experiment between two approaches to attracting more investment, stimulating …

Did you know that the 2019 Budget of our country includes a higher deficit than that of Portugal, which was in a fiscal crisis a few years ago? The 2019 Budget was officially published on the website of the Ministry of Finance this Monday, and unfortunately, once again the government focuses on higher spending without structural reforms, …

The direction of his argument may be wrong, but not his substance. Italy has really been infuriating Europe lately. The populist government, led by the outside-the-box Five Star Party of comedian-turned-politician Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini’s Northern League, has announced it will publish a 2019 budget with a deficit …