economy

(The Agitation for Happiness or How the Federation of Servile States Came into Being)[1] Krasen Stanchev "Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." (Winston Churchill, 1941) "The more the state "plans," the more difficult it becomes for the individual to plan" (Friedrich von Hayek, 1944) The year 2022 is ...

The dog in the title is the State Security (DS) – the secret services of Bulgaria during the communist regime (1944-1989). Their numerous functions also include monitoring various aspects of the country's economy. The preserved authentic documents with which the DS representatives informed the political leadership about the economy of Bulgaria are important and interesting. …

I met Vlado ten years ago in the bar on the corner of Rakovska and Vasil Levski. He came on a motorbike and quickly asked me about pressing economic and political issues – I was in a sort of interview. Karolev was running for mayor and was looking for a campaign assistant, I was recommended to him as his …

I recently spoke with a friend. Like every other conversation over the past few weeks, this one came down to discussing the protests. Even though I knew that with her profession and workplace (which is why I can't mention her by name), I asked her for her opinion on the topic. The answer …

A few days ago, the credit rating agency Fitch maintained the current assessment of Bulgaria's government debt, but adjusted the "outlook" downwards from "positive" to "stable". This means that Fitch does not believe that in the foreseeable future (most likely by the end of the year) there will be conditions for improving the categorization of the government debt.

| Full text of the topic | There is an understanding that all historical knowledge is relative, dependent on the point of view and destined to change over time. One of the main reasons for thinking about history in this way is the fact that it allows the names we use for different periods and complexes of …

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The month was marked by the extremely high activity of our health economist Arkadi Sharkov in the media. Currently, a deep public debate is underway in our country regarding the problems in the healthcare system and the necessary reforms that can solve them. Sharkov and others took an active part in this debate in all possible ways …

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