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From the Soviets to Classical Liberalism

In: Libertarian Autobiographies

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  • Krassen Stanchev

    (Institute for Market Economics
    Sofia University)

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Personal mindset evolutions, including those toward classical liberalism and value, most often come first from life, and only than from family, education, and reading. Three accidental experiences seem most important: a boyish excitement by the liberation spirit of the Prague Spring in 1967–1968, witnessing the criminalized but actual functioning of free markets and underground dissidentism in Soviet Union of 1970s, and 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. The latter converted the academic attentiveness to libertarian thinking into a political resolve a personal contribution to dismantling the Communist system in Bulgaria and Europe. All these resulted in life-long commitment to promote libertarian values everywhere in the post-1989 world.

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  • Krassen Stanchev, 2023. "From the Soviets to Classical Liberalism," Springer Books, in: Jo Ann Cavallo & Walter E. Block (ed.), Libertarian Autobiographies, chapter 0, pages 433-439, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-29608-6_73
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29608-6_73
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