Sunday, March 1, 2015

Thought for the Day

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“Lower standards” has been a common complaint in society for decades. Indeed things have been going downhill for many European commentator...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Survival in Romania

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I referred briefly yesterday to the scandal which is currently gripping Romania – that of ex-Presidential candidate Elena Udrea . Anyone f...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Two funerals and a scandal

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Attending funerals was one of the things which I did as a senior Regional politician in the 1970s and 1980s – as the older officials in ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Profiling the art market

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Angela Minkova has set me a challenge.  She is a quirky Bulgarian artist who deserves to be better known. The previous post carries one...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Inclusive institutions???

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I romped through Acemoglu and Robinson’s Why Nations Fail (the link allows you to read in full for yourself) and have been musing over ...
Monday, February 9, 2015

Inclusive and Extractive Societies

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By coincidence I find myself reading three related pieces at one and the same time Why Nations Fail (2012) which gripped me from the ...
Friday, February 6, 2015

A Chance Encounter

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It was typical that the very day I was hoping to put my new E-book on Bulgaria online. I stumbled on yet another great but neglected Bul...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

In the mists of Bulgaria's past

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Bulgaria has a long and proud history – reaching back 1300 years. Sofia is Europe’s second oldest capital…..Tribes and foreign armies ...