It is undisputed that Benjamin Netanyahu will be remembered as one of the statesmen who left their deep mark on the Israeli economy, as on few did before him. It is customary to compare Netanyahu to Ben Gurion. I would compare him rather to Pinchas Sapir.
Leave a CommentA review of my book, The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: State, Continuity Change (Routledge, 2018) has just been published in the Israel Studies Review, written by Assaf Zimring. The review can be downloaded here. I think the review captures very nicely two core arguments of the book.
First, the argument regarding the primacy of the state preferences in economic policymaking:
5 CommentsA talk with Dahlia Scheindlin and Gilad Halpern about my recent book.
What does economic history have to do with a country’s national identity? In Israel’s case, a great deal. The myth of a socialist ideal morphing into a neo-liberal global powerhouse is captivating but contains far more complex processes, and many run contrary to the national self-image. Follow the gestation and birth of Israel’s economy under the shadow of war, peace and privatization in a discussion with Dr Arie Krampf about his book “The Israeli Path to Neo-Liberalism: The State, Continuity and Change.”
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