„Леви-десни, леви-десни, ще вървим напред!“
„Left-Right, Left-Right, We Will Move Forward!“

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to use empirical data to test the extent to which the generally accepted labels of parties as left and right correspond to the results of their governments. The degree of exploitation, according to Marx’s understanding, is used as a measure for this. Time series research methods, as well as cluster analysis, are applied. The results showed that the labels of parties as “left” and “right” generally diverge from the levels, direction of change and rate of change of the degree of exploitation in Bulgaria during their governments. On the other hand, the degree of exploitation in Bulgaria is decreasing, but still remains higher than the average levels in the European Union and the Eurozone.

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