Photo: bundesfinanzministerium.de How we developed, in comparison to Hungary and Germany There is, without doubt, a need for our society to conclude the Bulgarian “Transition”. An objective view of the socialist and post-socialist periods is required, in order to effectively consider the future strategies for our development. The current article […]
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Photo: imperiya.by Part 2: the liberal economic reforms, the troubled 70s and lessons for contemporary Bulgaria 1965 Economic Reforms In order to address the structural problems of Yugoslavia’s foreign-trade policy, the Belgrade government introduced a major economic reform in 1965, which was a “complete abandonment” of classical Marxist theory (Margold, […]
Photo: imperiya.by Part 1: Yugoslavia between the regional trade blocs (1948-65) The Balkans was a politically and ideologically diverse region during the Cold War. Bulgaria and Romania were parties to the Warsaw Pact, Albania sided with the People’s Republic of China during the Sino-Soviet split, after which the country was […]
Photo: burgascity.com Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries from the former Eastern Bloc undertook a series of radical reforms with the ambition to achieve a transition from planned to market economy in the most effective manner. The main challenges faced as part of […]