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  • 1 - Lights and Shadows in the Market Economy

  • Edited by Avi Ben-Bassat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Reuben Gronau, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Asaf Zussman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book:
    The Israeli Economy, 1995–2017
    Published online:
    04 February 2021
    Print publication:
    18 February 2021, pp 1-38

  • Summary

    The introduction summarizes some of the main issues and findings covered in the book. The first section relates this volume to its two predecessors, arguing that while the last two decades signaled the fulfillment of many of the hopes raised in the previous volumes, the economy still suffers from many of the maladies highlighted in them, including low levels of productivity and high levels of inequality. Section 1.2 is concerned with the background to local economic developments, including the massive immigration wave of the 1990s and fluctuations in the conflict with the Palestinians and in the global economy. Section 1.3 discusses the reduction in government expenditures and taxes and the reaction of monetary policy to the global financial crisis. Section 1.4 summarizes the main structural reforms aiming to reduce government intervention and increase business sector competition, as well as the attempt to reduce economy-wide concentration. Section 1.5 focuses on economic growth and its determinants: changes in employment, physical and human capital, and productivity. The final section highlights two issues: (a) the improvement of Israel’s level of economic freedom and its position relative to other rich countries and (b) the increase of inequality in income and the deterioration of social services.

The Israeli Economy, 1995–2017
  • Light and Shadow in a Market Economy
  • Edited by Avi Ben-Bassat, Reuben Gronau, Asaf Zussman
  • Published online:
    04 February 2021
    Print publication:
    18 February 2021
  • This book describes and analyses developments in the Israeli economy from 1995 to 2017. During this period, inflation was vanquished, the deficit in the balance of payments turned into a surplus, the public debt to GDP ratio sharply decreased, and unemployment has declined to an historical low. Nevertheless, the economy still suffers from many maladies: the productivity level is among the lowest in the developed world, and inequality has generally been on the rise. In the face of these threats to future growth and social cohesiveness, the question arises: has the reliance on market forces gone too far, and has the government retreated from its traditional tasks, tasks the private sector cannot (or does not) perform.