In the weeks following the referendum on the Belene NPP, a very interesting trend emerged in Bulgarian society. The increase in bills, sometimes real, sometimes manipulated, brought the public to its feet. And as in most epic poems, the messenger (the electricity distribution companies) was fiercely attacked. This is another example in which the problem is realized by the people, but the anger …
More »Guest article: Why not liberalization?! (of the electricity market)
In the weeks following the referendum on the Belene NPP, a very interesting trend emerged in Bulgarian society. The increase in bills, sometimes real, sometimes manipulated, brought the public to its feet. And as in most epic poems, the messenger (the electricity distribution companies) was fiercely attacked. This is another example in which the problem is realized by the people, but the anger …
More »Is the crisis over for Portugal?
On January 23, Portugal’s finance ministry successfully placed five-year bonds, something the institution had not done since 2011, when the country lost confidence in international debt markets. Following the success of this operation, politicians in the country and Eurocrats in Brussels began to praise the efforts made by …
More »What is the price of monopoly?
Yesterday there were protests again against high electricity prices. Those who took to the streets are not satisfied with the level of the price they have to pay for electricity consumption, and this makes sense and is understandable to some extent. Every consumer wants to pay as low a price as possible for the goods they consume.
More »The problematic pension system
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More »Скъпо евро или евтин популизъм?
Наскоро френският президент Франсоа Оланд обяви, че според него еврото е прекалено скъпо и Европейската централна банка трябва да започне да води активна политика, целяща обезценяването на единната европейска валута. Факт е, че през последните няколко месеца еврото поскъпна до нива над 1.35 долара за евро поради неоправдано високия оптимизъм …
More »The case of the private tree and the "public interest"
Our attention was once again drawn to the fervent defense of the "public interest" - in this case expressed by activists who are against the cutting down of a tree growing on private land. An attempt to look at the case from a different angle.
More »The coordination process between education and the labor market
One of the effects that occurs as a result of the state obstructing the functioning of market signals is that people cannot calculate whether it is worth studying A, B, or C, as education that provides knowledge valued by the market at a level that exceeds what they would receive if...
More »The problems of compulsory education
The Problems of Compulsory Education. Reviewed in Telegraphic Form by Our Editor. The occasion is the attempts of legislators to make public education compulsory for children as young as four, thus bringing them earlier into a vicious system.
More »Guest article: Privatization – urgent
Държавата е лош стопанин; както историята ясно показва, там, където държавата се опитва да изземе функциите на пазара, икономиката се проваля с гръм.С особена сила това важи за социалистическите държави, където държавата играе ролята на пълновластен господар на икономиката, а частна инициатива на отсъства напълно; разрухата на тези системи е …
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