Economy

The main reasons for the lack of normal channels for dialogue preceding the adoption of laws and the protests against them lie in the structure of our political system and the habits of our political class.

The ninth issue of the monthly EKIP newsletter contains the most interesting articles from the past month. For the first time in an EKIP newsletter, an article by an EKIP contributor is included. Back issues of the EKIP newsletter are available here.

Since there is no social optimum and any decision about common resources will be the result of political pressure (such as the protests) or parliamentary servility to certain special interests (such as the changes in the law), we can conclude that public ownership of resources has a fundamental problem.

Anyone who claims that socialism has produced generally significant achievements is in fact saying that the realization of these achievements makes him relatively more satisfied than if they had not been realized, while at the same time trying to equalize his own subjective assessment with that of everyone else.

The Fukushima accident last year has raised questions about the safety of nuclear reactors around the world. Understandably, opposition to nuclear power has been strongest in Japan since the accident, where the dangers inherent in nuclear power plants have become apparent.

The second round of Greek elections this year will be remembered more as a referendum "for or against Europe" than as a real democratic procedure for forming a parliament.

Нестабилната структура на руската икономика кара много специалисти да предричат катастрофални последствия от световно икономическо забавяне. 

A review of the Bulgarian media recently leaves an unpleasant feeling of a (re)emerging protectionist rhetoric.

The clouds over Bulgarian Post continue to thicken. After ending 2011 with a net loss of BGN 9.2 million, with a net profit of BGN 446 thousand for 2010, the company also reported a net loss of BGN 3.6 million for the first quarter of 2012.

When recently registering a car at one of the regional traffic police units, I encountered a series of misunderstandings that turned into an 8-hour wait for a service that under other circumstances would have taken at least 16 times less time.