In September 2024, the business climate in Ukraine shows positive changes. In recent months, companies’ production and financial performance have increased, and expectations for further development remain optimistic.
The key elements of a stable and sustainable pension system are long-term sustainability and the shared responsibility between the citizens and the state for a dignified and well-funded old age. However, the political parties that entered the elections in Lithuania have little regard for the worsening demographic trends.
The LFMI is excited to announce the launch of a new podcast, Beyond Economics and Back, available now on YouTube and Spotify. This engaging podcast brings together experts from various fields to explore liberty and free markets beyond the usual economic discussions, offering fresh perspectives on human agency, dignity, and freedom.
Regulations are suffocating our freedoms, interfering with our lives, livelihoods, and comforts. Freedoms should be the priority of decision makers, but even the most basic freedoms such as those of trade and movement, vitally important principles in the EU, were set aside on the pretext of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Farming is becoming a hot topic in the most powerful rooms in Brussels. But unlike those working in agriculture, EU politicians are oblivious to temperature change. The complexities of agriculture merit more attention from European politicians than what it currently gets.
New member states from CEE have come a long way in the last two decades, building upon their competitive advantages, expanding economic freedom and seizing the opportunities of the European Single Market.
Together, the V4 countries are the fifth largest economy in Europe and 12th globally. The region would rank as the 22nd most populous country in the world and 4th in Europe (64 million people) with most people living in Poland (38 million), followed by the Czech Republic (11 million), Hungary (10 million), and Slovakia (5.5 million).
The benefits of cash over card payments are that the government has less control over your finances. There is no chance of data mining.
The number thirteen is commonly recognized as an unlucky number. But for Hungarian businesspeople, the preceding number is worse, as the 12th is the deadline for paying taxes.
Just as the protagonist of Shakespeare’s drama gains the courage to take on justice in the course of the play, too must human agency and responsibility win in each of our inner struggles. This is the only way to ensure the sustainability of the pension system by reducing upward pressure on state benefits and allowing people themselves to recover a larger share of their incomes at a time when there will be no active sources of income at all.
