Let's talk about police violence… It's not that this is a new topic, it's not that I didn't write about it during the previous government, it's not that in Bulgaria the rights of the common man are respected at the expense of those of politicians. And as Gore Vidal says – “There is something that makes …
More »Towards legalization of marijuana with timid steps
The legalization of drugs is a topic that concerns many defenders of freedom around the world and has become one of the key points in the fight to limit state interference in the private lives of individuals. And while in most countries the prohibition of alcohol consumption is part of the distant …
More »Green balloons
For years, economists have been warning that the model of supporting renewable energy sources is ineffective. Subsidies have a high opportunity cost and an energy bubble is inflating. Industry and households are paying more for electricity. Data for Spain and Germany show that the criticism is justified and the green fairy tale is coming to an end. And where …
More »Guest article: Private school education – only for the rich, or not?
More and more people are realizing the ineffectiveness of the education offered by public schools. The most obvious sign of this is the growing number of young people who pay for private lessons.1 Both students and their parents see that it is impossible to obtain quality training in a given subject through school activities alone. The desire of the rulers …
More »Private school education – only for the rich, or not?
More and more people are realizing the ineffectiveness of the education offered by public schools. The most obvious sign of this is the growing number of young people who pay for private lessons.1 Both students and their parents see that it is impossible to obtain quality training in a given subject through school activities alone. The desire of the rulers …
More »The delegated budget and the Bulgarian teacher smiling for no reason
One of the most frequently repeated refrains from the Bulgarian teachers' union is that the amount of funds that Bulgaria allocates for education is too small. It is true that the Bulgarian state's spending on education as a share of GDP is the lowest in the EU, but this fact in itself is not …
More »What can we learn from South Korea's education system?
It is often discussed how Bulgaria (as well as other countries from the former socialist bloc) should adopt Western culture and production methods. Unfortunately, the West, having quickly forgotten its lessons from the socialism of the last century, has with a cheerful and naive leap set off on the path to the same system that it spat out so much...
More »Why are government-funded science projects a waste of our money?
Should taxpayer money be used to fund scientific projects? Is there a better way to fund research? What are the problems with government spending?
More »Guest article: Why are government-funded science projects a waste of our money?
Should taxpayer money be used to fund scientific projects? Is there a better way to fund research? What are the problems with government spending?
More »The Ten Principles of a Free Society*
The Ten Principles of a Free Society is an appendix to Ron Paul's book - Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom. Expect the entire book translated into Bulgarian soon
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