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We at EKIP are pleased to present you the first episode of our new series of audio essays! The idea of this series is to regularly create and publish new audio content with our reflections on a variety of political, economic, and philosophical topics. This project is only possible thanks to the generous support of our …
More »Why you should read Nassim Taleb's new book
"Skin in the Game," the new book by famed financier-turned-philosopher Nassim Taleb, is the most important book published in recent years (probably since his last book, "Antifragility," which was published in 2012). Taleb is one of the few thinkers throughout human history whose writings...
More »What I (didn't) manage to say to a vegan on NOVA TV
Earlier this week I had the (un)pleasure of participating together with the most famous vegan in Bulgaria – Nikola Donev – in "The Hour of Milen Tsvetkov" on Nova TV. The specific topic of the participation was the destruction of the barbecues in Lauta Park in Plovdiv, most likely by vegans, judging by the signs "Meat is murder" and "Meat is …
More »Should animals have rights like humans?
Author: Mariola Yankova The question of whether animals have rights and whether this fact does not make us humans criminals has never been more relevant. Activists periodically appear both in Bulgaria and in other Western countries and the USA, who use the rhetoric of rights to urge us to stop consuming …
More »Are taxes theft?
"Taxes are theft." You may have heard similar statements made or shared by your libertarian (or classical liberal) acquaintances. Is there any logic behind this statement, though, or is it just another hollow political slogan? Let's start with a thought experiment. If a robber threatened you with a gun...
More »Visible and invisible hands
Douglas Rasmussen[1] It is often said that markets are guided “as if by an invisible hand” to create order and cooperation among people. Markets achieve this harmonious result through the motives and mutual interest of each person. But there is another, “older” method of organizing people, namely the way of building …
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