The Israeli Economy : : A Story of Success and Costs / / Joseph Zeira.
An authoritative economic history of Israel from its founding to the presentIn 1922, there were ninety thousand Jews in Palestine, a small country in a poor and volatile region. Today, Israel has a population of nine million and is one of the richest countries in the world. The Israeli Economy tells...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) :; 45 b/w illus. 46 tables. 1 map. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Historical Background
- Part I.The Israeli Growth Miracle
- Introduction
- 2. Catching Up: The Rapid Growth of 1922–1972
- 3. Explaining Israeli Economic Growth
- 4. High-Tech, High Fertility, and Missing Capital
- Lessons from Part I
- Part II. The Israeli-Arab Conflict
- Introduction
- 5. The Conflict and the Fiscal Roller Coaster
- 6. Additional Costs of the Conflict
- Lessons from Part II
- Part III. Economic Lessons from a Turbulent History
- Introduction
- 7. Business Cycles in Israel
- 8. The Balance of Payments: From Deficit to Surplus
- 9. High Inflation in Israel
- 10. Monetary Policy and Its Costs
- Lessons from Part III
- Part IV. Neoliberalism and Its Impacts
- Introduction
- 11. Between Intervention and Markets
- 12. The Public Sector since 1985
- 13. Inequality
- Lessons from Part IV
- Conclusion: Four Decisions, Two Dilemmas, and One Pandemic
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
- The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
- A Note on the Type