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Our wild predictions for 2014 achieved their goal: we received lots of even wilder ideas for next year than our own. Which is a real feat, considering the compliment we got from one of our readers: “Writing this much bullshit is almost like an art”;)

Starring: the Pope, Dennis Rodman, Kim Jong Un, the billionaire guru of Tesla and a lone Japanese terrorist. We also take a look back at how the predictions we made a year ago have fared.

Start quote. MOL is nationalized, the Századvég Foundation takes over the economic analysis unit. Brutal lay-offs follow. Blog fans go into mourning. Following their initial shock, the editors of Rolling Barrel continue to produce high-quality publications in English; thanks to their famous “Persian Spring” prediction, they are catapulted among celebrity economists, far surpassing the faded […]

Steak for breakfast, Euro referendum in Germany, China turning green or hostile, the Next Big Thing after Google, Hungary finally finding its windfall. 

Or: Prostitution and university tuition fees – these are the two that most of our readers fully support. A few weeks ago, we asked them to test their market boundaries and free market attitudes in a quiz on the blog. Almost 250 people responded; below, we present their views on each issue.

Would you allow fuel stations to increase their prices in case of Sandy-style disruptions? Should people be allowed to sell a kidney? Answer our short questionnaire to test yourself.