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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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Israel’s no-win strategy
Originally published 8 Mar 2008 in The Wall Street Journal

Israeli politicians are preoccupied with political machinations designed to buy support from powerful interest groups by distributing government largesse. This causes not only the factionalization of politics and growing corruption, but consumes time and energy that leadership should use to address life and death issues.

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Dangerous infatuation
Originally published 20 Feb 2008 in The Jerusalem Post

	Rembrandt's Nightwatch

Government can no more control powerful economic forces than it can the rise and fall of tides. To effectively fulfill its nightwatchman role—to protect us from internal and external violence and to enforce contracts—government must be kept limited.

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Market values
Originally published 29 Mar 2007 in The Jerusalem Post

	Daniel Doron, ICSEP President

ICSEP President Daniel Doron is interviewed by fellow Jerusalem Post contributor Ruthie Blum. One quip: “The wages of labor are a function of supply and demand, not of the size of the mustache of a union leader.”

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Galilee gravy train
Originally published 13 Sep 2006 in The Jerusalem Post

Hard-nosed Jewish businessmen in the Diaspora are ready, when it comes to Israel, to suspend their critical judgment and back politically-motivated projects managed by the same notoriously inefficient bureaucracies about which they so bitterly complain when they themselves try to invest in Israel.

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