In order for a nation to become rich, its entire population must be emancipated, not just the aristocracy. Monarchism received a new impetus among libertarian and conservative circles after the monumental work “Democracy – The God Who Failed” by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. In it, the author criticizes the so-called “public ownership of the state”, expressed in parliamentary democracy …
More »What is worth knowing about Bulgarian socialism I: The Terror
Bulgarian socialism is like any other socialism – a well-intentioned, but clumsy and often bloody socio-economic experiment. At the national level, the common characteristics manifest themselves in a specific way. This is how the sweet native picture of the Bulgarian socialist past is born. In several consecutive publications we will focus on the Bulgarian manifestations of typical …
More »Prague Summer: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia with Some Historical Details
“We occupied you Czechs because we love you.” Explanation of what happened by a Russian officer, given on August 24, 1968 to Milan Kundera During this week in 1968, another desire for freedom and humanity in the socialist camp was trampled. It did not start with the economy, but with culture, music, everyday life …
More »The Value Testament of Vasil Levski
Today (18.07) is a significant date in the Bulgarian calendar. On this day, in 1837, the greatest Bulgarian hero and revolutionary was born – Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, better known by the famous nickname Vasil "Levski". Also known as the Apostle of Freedom, Levski is the most important Bulgarian revolutionary. His merits as an organizer of the revolutionary movement …
More »The market as an unrealized alternative for the Bulgarian economy
The emergence and spread of socialism, national socialism and fascism is not simply the result of an unfavorable combination of circumstances. These ideologies and their mutations in the conditions of various crises have the dangerous charm of convincing part of the masses of their rightness. In addition to being inhumane, they are also anti-market. When after September 1944 the Bulgarian …
More »A story about a joint-stock company with state participation
The joint participation of state and private capital in economic initiatives has long been a familiar practice. The reasons and conditions under which it is implemented are different. Historical experience in Bulgaria shows that the results of such "cooperation" are questionable. However, this is not all. In fact, cooperation degenerates into mutual deception between private ...
More »An atypical Bulgarian politician
The peculiarities of political life are such that the most adaptable survive in it, and they are usually not the smartest, most honest, most talented, or most worthy representatives of the human race. Natural selection in the political jungle often brings to the fore people of dubious moral qualities. There are exceptions to this rule, of course, and they deserve ...
More »The beginning of specialized economic knowledge among Bulgarians
In modern times, economic knowledge with claims to be scientific is highly specialized. To such an extent that even professionals do not understand and do not know all its aspects. Economic science, on the one hand, uses the achievements of a number of other sciences, but on the other hand, it analyzes all aspects of human existence. The described situation …
More »Without government regulations - greater initiative and wealth
(EXAMPLE FROM THE BULGARIAN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY) Author: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristiyan Atanasov A few words in advance Bulgarian historical science has long proven that the beginning of the Bulgarian Revival should be attributed to the period between the end of the 17th and the first decade of the 18th century. This is the moment of the initial awakening of already new …
More »The roots of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The origin of institutions does not directly determine their subsequent structure, functions and activities. Even the best ideas and most useful organizations can completely change and not correspond to the original principles and intentions of their creators. In a sense, such is the fate of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which claims to be …
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