Author: Stefan Kichev For as long as there have been political debates, representatives of the left and the right have constantly claimed that they are the true advocates of freedom and justice, while at the same time fervently insisting that the other side preaches the opposite. This is, of course, possible, since we are talking about two different worldviews that lie …
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The rhetoric of leftist movements is often peppered with arguments about inequality. Their strongest populist theses are based precisely on social phenomena, presented as “social inequalities” that should be remedied through the power of the state apparatus and regulatory coercion. The reason for using this type of populism is that it allows for easy …
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The 24th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 2013) gives us a good reason to look back at the economic and philosophical foundations of Marxism; of the “scientific” communism that was supposed to lead humanity to the inevitable final stage of history and the end of the dialectical clash between classes. We all know what this experiment led to…
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EKIP– Expert Club for Economics and Politics A Different Opinion