Author: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristiyan Atanasov Elementary economic logic suggests that a lower tax rate is an opportunity for the accumulation of greater wealth by the individuals of society. It is clear that an enterprising person has the opportunity to earn more and, accordingly, the smaller part of what he earns he transfers for the “common good” (for example, to the state, …
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Direct state intervention in pricing is a traditional tool for solving economic or social problems caused by a sharp increase or decrease in prices. The economic past of Bulgaria during the period between the First and Second World Wars (1919-1939) reveals some typical practices of state pricing and their consequences. It was already …
More »The beginning of specialized economic knowledge among Bulgarians
In modern times, economic knowledge with claims to be scientific is highly specialized. To such an extent that even professionals do not understand and do not know all its aspects. Economic science, on the one hand, uses the achievements of a number of other sciences, but on the other hand, it analyzes all aspects of human existence. The described situation …
More »The Bulgarian Army: Heroic feats intertwined with financial and other abuses
The Bulgarian Army was formed as one of the important national institutions after the Liberation. It was supported by Bulgarian taxpayers and was entrusted with the task of protecting the national state in the powder keg called the Balkan Peninsula. Some of the truest heroes, before whom we rightly bow our heads, served in the Bulgarian Army. Part …
More »The First Bulgarian Five-Year Plan
Five-year plan is the abbreviated name of the five-year plans, through which economic development is centrally controlled and planned under socialist conditions. That is why the socialist countries of Eastern Europe are often called countries with central planning, although five-year plans also exist outside the Eastern Bloc. The implementation of the economic goals set by the political leadership …
More »The Catastrophe of the First Bulgarian Capitalism and Its Roots
The first Bulgarian capitalism roughly covers the period from the Liberation in 1878 to the September 9th coup in 1944. The economic, social and cultural achievements of these decades are the subject of numerous assessments. Even the most optimistic among them do not show particularly impressive results. Results of the first Bulgarian capitalism From 1878 to 1944 …
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