Macroeconomic Monitor
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competition

Ниски ли са наистина печалбите в търговията на дребно?

Тези дни този аргумент някак спонтанно набира сила като критика на предложените промени в Закон за защита на конкуренцията (ЗКК) и Закон за защита на потребителите (ЗЗП), които целят да адресират дисбалансите в търговията на дребно. Импликацията е, че понеже са ниски маржовете на печалба (не повече от 5% нетен …

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Господстващо положение и български комплекси: Трябва ли да се извиняваме, че сме живи?

От няколко дни наблюдаваме същинска медийна истерия около предложените промени в Закона за защита на конкуренцията. Разбира се, лобистите на бизнеса, който първо ще бъде засегнат от тези промени, имат своето право да ги оспорват икономически, но и трябва да имат почтеността да представят данни за твърденията си. Именно от …

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Capitalism with a human face

In his book "Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy", the economist Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1853-1950) argued that capitalism is an evolutionary and dynamic system. The main impulse that causes evolution and dynamism comes from the supply of new consumer goods, new methods of production or transport, new markets and new organizational forms of enterprises, ...

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Business managed to briefly reorganize against the pandemic

Author: Rosen Sharkov Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, businesses around the world have been changing their concepts and ways of working and joining the common fight against the pandemic. An example of this in Bulgaria were textile factories that began producing clothing and masks such as – …

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Politicization of healthcare

The politicization of healthcare is already a fact – predicted, expected and dangerous. Some argue that this is for the good, that the health of the nation is too important a segment to be left to professionals, the healthcare industry or the individual. They also say that its management is an extremely important function of the current political …

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If we don't want a second CorpBank, we must close BDB

BBR

If you follow the local media, you've probably already heard about yet another scandalous loan granted by the Bulgarian Development Bank. This time, it's not about one of the big businesses connected to Delyan Peevski, but about another businessman with a dubious public reputation – Rumen Gaitanski, nicknamed "Vulka", known for his closeness to …

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Types of market structures and a historical overview of the concept of competition

This article will be devoted to the market structures created by the neoclassical mainstream school. A retrospective of the concept of competition from the classical economists onwards will be made, and thus it will be possible to answer the question of why and how the models of perfect and imperfect competition were created. First, what is a market? Every …

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Why do bad people rule?

Author: Hans-Hermann Hoppe The original text in English can be found here. One of the most widely accepted statements among political economists is the following: every monopoly is bad from the consumer's point of view. Monopoly in its classical meaning is the right of exclusive privilege granted to one producer of a good or service, i.e. the absence of free …

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Eastern Rumelia as a missed opportunity

The basic facts about the history of Eastern Rumelia are well known. It was created with the consent of the main European powers, including the Ottoman Empire and Russia. According to the decisions of the Treaty of Berlin (July 13, 1878), the region has administrative autonomy under the direct authority of the Sultan. His representative is the Governor-General (Chief Governor), who …

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