Since its founding in 1948, Israel’s population has surged from 806,000 to 8.84 million, and the state has absorbed some 3.2 million immigrants over those years as well.
Economically, over the past 20 years, Israel’s governments have adhered to a policy of fiscal […]
Israel’s high tech eco-system continues to attract international partners, the latest being the University of Illinois (U of I) System with its plans to construct a new research institute in Chicago where world-class researchers will work side-by-side with students and businesses to foster […]
When I came to Israel in 1984 the country was an economic disaster. Annual inflation was running at 400%, companies paid bills in the afternoon to save 1/4% and when you received your monthly salary you made sure to spend all of it that very same day […]
There is a great deal of literature today on the issue of economic disparity or imbalance. That is, the disparity between the “haves” and the “have nots,” government services provided to well off communities vs. those that are at the lower end of the income scale, as well […]
