economic policy

Мандат за една наистина Прогресивна България 1. На 19 април 2026 г. станахме свидетели на истински исторически момент за България. Новосъздадената партия „Прогресивна България“, водена от бившия президент Румен Радев, постигна безапелационна победа в изборите, с 44.6% от вота, което ѝ гарантира нещо изключително рядко в историята на съвременната българска …

Въпреки утрояването на вноса на работници от трети страни (извън ЕС) след 2021 г., дефицитът на пазара на труда нараства с над 25%. Налице е заместване на местни млади и по-слабо образовани работници, особено в секторите строителство и хотелиерство. Фискалният принос на имигранти от страни извън ЕС е отрицателен в …

In the famous essay "What is seen and what is not seen" by the French economist Frederic Bastiat, there is a brilliant insight. It is that every action in the socio-economic sphere has visible but also invisible consequences. The invisible are events or processes that did not happen because of the undertaking of one or …

Authors: Georgi Stoyanov, Georgi Karavasilev Many people question the meaning of exercising their vote in the current system of representative democracy. Nevertheless, when it comes to not only who gets to spend the money you stole, but also who is going to steal even more to fulfill some of the …

Vladislav Goranov has decided to become a lobbyist. This is the gist of the news that the former finance minister has decided to establish a consulting firm after his resignation from the GERB government. All doubts about a potential conflict of interest aside, hardly anyone can be seriously surprised by such news. Still …

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 …

Author: Yaroslav Romanchuk Translation: Marina Zaharieva The world economy is synchronously falling into the zone of another powerful turbulence. This is no coincidence, given all the efforts of central banks and governments. It is they who take care of the synchronization in the inflation of market bubbles of various assets and resources. It is they who succumb to lobbying …

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/Part 1 – The Free Market/ Throughout human history, politicians, philosophers and economists from all over the world have been searching for a formula for government that would make people richer. Historically, countless different approaches have been tried. Empirically, however, it has been proven that only those political ideologies and economic theories that promote the philosophy …

| Full text of the opinion | Dear readers, as you know from the EQUIP, we are strictly monitoring and opposing the attempts of the Ministry of Finance to push through yet another restriction on cash payments by reducing the allowable limit for such transactions to a maximum of 5,000 leva - a proposal that is part of a draft law...