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The banks are bamboozling us again
Originally published 15 Jul 2008 in The Jerusalem Post

In the name of stability the comptroller has ignored many of the banks’ offenses.

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An Irish-style banana republic
Originally published 29 Apr 2008 in The Jerusalem Post

It must be either naivete or cynicism that allows “Israel 2028” recommend a reform that will make government a larger and a more efficient instrument for economic growth.

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Israel Still Doesn’t Get Economy
Originally published 29 Apr 2008 in The New York Sun

Why are Israel elites, especially the chattering classes in the press and the academy and such, and also those in business, so hostile to capitalism?

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A year without Milton Friedman
Originally published 21 Nov 2007 in The Jerusalem Post

This man did more good for humanity than any other.

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Getting beyond the teachers’ strike
Originally published 17 Oct 2007 in The Jerusalem Post

As long as education remains a government monopoly, it is bound to function like all other government monopolies, where union bosses fill the vacuum that lack of defined ownership creates, and monopoly power allows them to blackmail the public.

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