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Ludwig von Mises, original title in English: "Lord Keynes and Say's law" I Lord Keynes's main contribution to economic thought lies not in the development of new ideas, but in the "escape from the old", as he declares at the end of the preface to his "General Theory". Keynesians tell us that his famous ...

Traditionally, Christmas Eve is an occasion for many Bulgarian families to sit down at a table and, at least for a short while, forget about television or social media. Such an atmosphere of domestic idyll and communication between generations is a great opportunity for evangelical fans of the market economy and personal freedom to bring political clarity …

Budget 2018 is in fact just a worse version of Budget 2017. The government continues with the same vicious practices of higher spending in the absence of structural reforms and increases in the tax burden, which will worsen the business environment and hit the incomes of workers. And, of course, the biggest disappointment of …

The Bulgarian libertarian movement has been gaining serious popularity in recent years. This seems to be unpopular with a certain part of society, as over the past few months a number of articles have appeared that directly attack both the entire philosophy and the personalities of specific libertarians. These comments – intentionally malicious or …

Public choice theory is a branch of economics that developed through the study of taxation and public spending. It emerged in the 1950s and gained widespread public attention in 1986, when James Buchanan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. Buchanan founded the Center for the Study of …

The team of the Expert Club for Economics and Politics categorically condemns the threats that MP Anton Todorov and Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov dared to make to journalist Viktor Nikolaev, host of the morning block on Nova Television. Such treatment of journalists by politicians is absolutely unacceptable and has no place in a …

The brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi were born in Karlovo at the beginning of the 19th century. The older brother Evlogi was born on today's date, October 3, in 1819, and the younger brother Hristo in 1824. Settled in Romania, they participated in the trading company of their relatives (their uncles) Nikola and …

The EKIP proudly presents a full translation of the fundamental essay “Ten Great Economic Myths” by the great American economist Murray Rothbard, which you can read and download here. Murray Rothbard is one of the greatest economists of the 20th century, a prominent representative of the Austrian School of Economics, and a founder of the modern libertarian movement in …

Six years after the enthusiastic beginning, EKIP is in a new phase of its development. In 2011, we started as a blog of young economists, political scientists, lawyers, as a gathering place for the ideas of future policy experts. Today, they are already actively participating in discussions about the shape of the market, the state and the economic future of the country…

Author: Kaloyan Pravov In 2016, the parliament passed an unprecedented law that made voting mandatory, thus revoking the voting rights of all citizens. Although the texts providing for criminal sanctions for non-voters were repealed, voting is still “mandatory” by law. This year, the political class decided to bring a new dose of confusion …