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Ep. 23: Ecologist Rashid Rashid on "Vision for Sofia" and global climate change

04:25 - The "Vision for Sofia" project and the problems of the capital 48:11 - Global climate change Links Rothbard on ecology: Part 1, part 2 "Vision for Sofia" The Mises Institute on global climate change For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the audio of the podcast by clicking on the "Download" button in ...

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The right-wing and conservative position is Bulgaria outside the Eurozone

The right-winger doesn't like political adventurism No, this isn't one of those articles that will make you believe that a 1,000 leva salary will become €500, and a 1 leva loaf of bread will become €1, because that won't happen. However, something else will happen - the security of the currency board will disappear...

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What is Libertarianism: Key Ideas and Concepts?

The key ideas of libertarianism have been developing for many centuries. The first hints of them can be found in ancient China, Greece, and Israel; they began to develop into something resembling modern libertarian philosophy in the work of thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson...

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Which is the "most analytical" political group?

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By Tyler Cowen for Bloomberg View You might be one of those people who thinks being “analytical” is a good thing. We usually associate “analytical” with people who are intelligent, knowledgeable, and relatively unbiased in their assessments. You might think that politics is a field where you can be …

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Jane Jacobs: How the Left Idolized One of the Greatest Deregulators of the 20th Century

Jane Jacobs is a curious figure – one of the legendary civil rights activists in the United States, without a college degree, she sees herself as an economist, but with the greatest influence on urban planning. She was born in 1916 and became famous for her book “The Life and Death of Great American Cities”, which was published in …

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Libertarian Manifesto Against Environmental Pollution II

Murray Rothbard, "For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto" You can read Part I of this essay here. Noise is also a type of air pollution. Noise creates sound waves that travel through space and irradiate the property and bodies of others. It is only in recent years that medical professionals have begun to investigate the harmful effects of …

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Libertarian Manifesto Against Environmental Pollution I

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Murray Rothbard, "For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto" Even if we assume that natural resources are entirely private and that the free market would preserve them much better than government regulation, what can we say about the problem of environmental pollution? Wouldn't we suffer from increased pollution caused by...

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10 misconceptions about Bulgarian libertarians

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The Bulgarian libertarian movement has been gaining serious popularity in recent years. This seems to be unpopular with a certain part of society, as over the past few months a number of articles have appeared that directly attack both the entire philosophy and the personalities of specific libertarians. These comments – intentionally malicious or …

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New bill in the US liberalizes access to medicines

On August 3, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would provide access to unapproved experimental drugs for people with life-threatening illnesses. It’s a major victory for libertarians who argue that state regulations infringe on patients’ rights. The bill, S. 204(115), passed quickly and smoothly in …

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