The topics of the participation of authors from the EKIP in March concerned: social security, healthcare, religion. Editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldjev, in the news of bTV, shared his concern about the falsification of documents for receiving a pension. According to him, there is no archival information available about what insurance contributions individuals have paid and to what extent …
More »TEAM in the media about the pension system and the economic situation
Pension reform for the young is one of the leading campaigns of EKIP, which is why our experts are often invited by the media on this topic. In February, our editor-in-chief – Georgi Vuldjev – had important appearances on the topic on some of the largest television stations. At the beginning of the month, on the air of the morning block …
More »TEAM in the media on drug policy, the pension system and the euro
We started 2019 with a strong start – the topic of healthcare is hot again and the EKIP presented a new study: Proposal for a rational drug policy. The author of the analysis, health economist Arkadi Sharkov, was a guest on one of the most watched shows on the domestic airwaves – “Face to Face” on BTV. According to him, for …
More »7 reasons why European banks are in crisis
Author: Philip Bagus* *Philip Bagus is an associate professor at Rey Juan Carlos University. He is an associate scholar at the Mises Institute. He is the author of numerous books, including In Defense of Deflation, Blind Robbery!, The Tragedy of the Euro, and co-author of Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse. While the euro crisis seems to be stuck in …
More »TEAM in the media about healthcare, pensions and the economy of Bulgaria
Over the past month, the TEAM has actively participated in public debates on a number of topics, the most key of which were healthcare, the economy of Bulgaria and Europe, and the international situation. Healthcare Our Deputy Chairman and health expert Arkadi Sharkov has been extremely active in the public space over the past month and has touched on the various problems of healthcare in Bulgaria. …
More »EKIP in the media about hemp, the euro and gambling regulation
In recent weeks, the main topics on which the EKIP made a number of appearances in the media were related to Bulgaria's potential entry into the Eurozone, the proposed bans on the advertising and distribution of lottery games, and the "Freedom for Hemp" protest march on the need to decriminalize marijuana in the country. Dimitar Karagegov, as the organizer of …
More »Ep. 3: What do we need to know about the main types of investments?
00:50 - What topics will we discuss in this episode? 04:58 - How did the various virtual investments of the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund perform in May? 16:50 - Answers to feedback and questions we received after the previous episode of the podcast 20:00 - What is "compound interest" and how through reinvestment …
More »Ep.15: Belene and the Future of Europe
02:10 - Nord Stream and Belene NPP 31:30 - The Italian "parallel currency" and the return of the crisis in the Eurozone Links: The revival of the Belene NPP The three big myths about the Belene NPP What did they say and what did we understand about the Belene NPP? Belene NPP: The unnecessary energy project that refuses to die What is the "parallel …
More »Why Bulgaria Shouldn't Adopt the Euro? (Analysis)
| Full text of the analysis | In recent months, Bulgaria's potential entry into the Eurozone has once again become one of the most discussed topics in the public sphere. What is remarkable, however, is that this case has become not so much a topic of debate as a topic of...sermon. A sermon by politicians from …
More »Ep. 12: Bulgaria and the Eurozone, 200 years since the birth of Marx
01:15 - Bulgaria's entry into the Eurozone 26:37 - 200 years since the birth of Karl Marx 46:30 - The State vs. Market Social Assistance 60:33 - Questions from Patreon Donors Links: The Secret Weakness of the Euro The Right-Wing and Conservative Position is Bulgaria Outside the Eurozone Desislava Nikolova from IME Against the Recent Entry …
More »
EKIP– Expert Club for Economics and Politics A Different Opinion