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Warning cries from Herzliya
Originally published 22 Feb 2009 in The Jerusalem Post

The government is dysfunctional. The question is why—and how to mend it.

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A lesser economic evil
Originally published 2 Feb 2009 in The Jerusalem Post

All government deficit spending is bad. But sometimes deficits are unavoidable. And some deficits are better then others.

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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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