In 2012 investment subsidies totalling EUR 121 million were approved in Slovakia. Especially, the recent cases when the investor asked for state support not to create, but only to sustain existing jobs are well-known. However, this led the Government...
February 21, 2013 12:00 pm / 3 comments
Estonia holds an exemplary 13th place in Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. In Estonia, establishing a company takes 15 minutes in an online environment and communication with the government has been made increasingly simple...
February 14, 2013 5:28 pm / no comments
Writing these words I am watching a parliamentary “debate” on the drafts of Civil Partnership Acts (first reading of three bills by the representatives of Palikot’s Movement, Democratic Left Alliance and Civic Platform). I must admit that...
February 12, 2013 2:02 pm / no comments
When in 2010 we started our project on the reconsideration of welfare state in Poland and called it “liberal social policy” many people were totally surprised. Why should liberals get engaged in such issues? We were accused of coining a...
February 5, 2013 4:09 pm / 1 comment
Plain Packaging is Not a Health Policy
enforcing plain packaging would have detrimental consequences on legal producers and their brands
availability of information on a product is important since it informs the consumer
plain packaging is...
November 30, 2012 5:30 pm / 4 comments
Regional Profiles: Indicators of Development 2012
http://www.regionalprofiles.bg/en/
The study “Regional Profiles: Indicators of Development 2012” was presented at the beginning of November in Sofia.
The study was carried out by the...
November 27, 2012 11:25 am / no comments
Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) introduces a new periodical publication “Lithuanian Shadow Economy“. The publication provides data about shadow economy in Lithuania and more specific data and insights in alcohol, fuel and cigarette...
November 15, 2012 1:19 am / 2 comments
INESS Policy Note 3/2012
Radovan Ďurana, August 2012
Quo vadis Pension System?
Summary
The reform of the pension system will not eliminate large deficits in the foreseeable future
Due to pension reform, the pensions of hundreds of thousands...
November 9, 2012 12:13 am / 4 comments
Legal regulations concerning axiological choices made by individuals in their private or intimate spheres, formed on the basis of the expectations and awareness of the democratic majority, are essentially deprived of legitimization and are not...
November 4, 2012 11:24 pm / no comments
Concerning political knowledge, the Hungarian society occupies an average place amongst European countries.
When it comes to reasoning of the new electoral registration law (which would oblige all citizens to register themselves before casting...
October 26, 2012 4:42 pm / 1 comment