V. Privatization and concessioning of state and municipal property: This last article brings together several subtopics. What they have in common is that they are systems that are an example of inefficiency and are on the verge of collapse, but there can be no question of taking radical measures to solve the problems, …
More »Guest article: The myth “Bulgaria will get better when politicians start listening to the People”. Part two: What happens when politicians actually listen to the “People”:
The first part examined the incentives driving the behavior of politicians and the "People" and at the same time questioned the idea that the "People" is a homogeneous body that thinks and acts alike. The second part will focus on several policies that have been on the agenda in recent years and were imposed with the argument that ...
More »Guest article: The myth “Bulgaria will get better when politicians start listening to the People”. Part one: Who is “the People”?
Georgi Zayakov One of the most frequently repeated mythologies during the transition is that Bulgaria will recover only when politicians start listening to what "the People" tell them. Nostalgic people, for example, are dying to sculpt the image of Todor Zhivkov as a great politician, because he was the only one who listened to the people's wishes. And …
More »The myth “Bulgaria will get better when politicians start listening to the People.” Part One: Who is “the People”?
Georgi Zayakov One of the most frequently repeated mythologies during the transition is that Bulgaria will recover only when politicians start listening to what "the People" tell them. Nostalgic people, for example, are dying to sculpt the image of Todor Zhivkov as a great politician, because he was the only one who listened to the people's wishes. And …
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