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GEORGI PETROV AND THE BULGARIAN ECONOMIC REFORM: FOUR REDISCOVERED ARTICLES FROM “RODOPSKI USTREM” (1964)

Nikolay Nenovsky — Jules Verne University (France), University of National and World Economy (Sofia), HSE University (Moscow), Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank
nenovsky@gmail.com ORCID 0000-0002-9544-9024
Tsvetelina Marinova — New Bulgarian University, Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History (University of Geneva), LEFMI (Jules Verne University, France)
tsvetelina.marinova@gmail.com ORCID 0000-0002-2455-1515
Published: 10.10.2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56497/etj2671302

Abstract

The article presents four rediscovered early publications by Georgi Petrov (1929–2026), published in the newspaper “Rodopski Ustrem” in September 1964 and devoted to Bulgaria’s economic reform. They address the decentralization of economic management, the autonomy of enterprises, the role of profit and profitability, credit, and material incentives. The texts testify to an early and radical search for market mechanisms within the socialist economy. Their rediscovery and publication contribute to the history of Bulgaria’s economic reforms of the 1960s and allow for a more precise assessment of Georgi Petrov’s place in the reform debates of the period.

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Keywords

economic reforms of the 1960s Bulgarian economic thought market socialism Georgi Petrov

JEL Classification

B3, C60, P20, P30, P51

How to Cite

Nenovsky, N., Marinova, Tsv. (2026). Georgi Petrov i balgarskata stopanska reforma: chetiri preotkriti statii ot „Rodopski ustrem“ (1964). (Georgi Petrov and the Bulgarian Economic Reform: Four Rediscovered Articles from “Rodopski Ustrem” (1964)). Economic Thought Journal, 71 (3), 382–400 (in Bulgarian). https://doi.org/10.56497/etj2671302

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