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Spinners and cheaters
Originally published 22 Dec 2008 in The Jerusalem Post

Why not exploit the crisis to destroy what little freedom Netanyahu’s reforms brought to the economy? Why care if the country will lose its only hope of deliverance from the economic retardation caused by our statist heritage?

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Precipitating the next collapse
Originally published 3 Dec 2008 in The Jerusalem Post

Focusing on a putative pension crisis distracts our attention from the real serious crisis that a worldwide recession is bound to create here.

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The panic-mongers’ one-note chorus
Originally published 22 Oct 2008 in The Jerusalem Post

The country, the pundits conclude, must return to the good old days of “social democracy.”

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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 naiveté or cynicism that allows “Israel 2028” to recommend a reform that will make government a larger and a more efficient instrument for economic growth.

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