http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary ICSEP Director Daniel Doron writes a bi-weekly Thursday column in The Jerusalem Post. He is also a frequent contributor to other influential newspapers, such as The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. en lavi.sigman@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2008-12-03T11:38:45+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/precipitating-the-next-collapse/ Focusing on a putative pension crisis distracts our attention from the real serious crisis that a worldwide recession is bound to create here. economy, society, media, world affairs Focusing on a putative pension crisis distracts our attention from the real serious crisis that a worldwide recession is bound to create here.

]]> 2008-12-03T10:38:45+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/the-panic-mongers-one-note-chorus/ The country, they conclude, must therefore return to the good old days of “social democracy.” economy, public policy, society, media The country, they conclude, must therefore return to the good old days of “social democracy.”

]]> 2008-10-22T11:08:40+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/remaking-us-foreign-policy/ In a new book, a vice president at the Cato Institute promotes a simpleminded, libertarian, isolationist foreign policy for the United States. world affairs In a new book, a vice president at the Cato Institute promotes a simpleminded, libertarian, isolationist foreign policy for the United States.

]]> 2008-08-13T05:43:00+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/the-banks-are-bamboozling-us-again/ In the name of stability the comptroller has ignored many of the banks’ offenses. economy, financial markets, reform In the name of stability the comptroller has ignored many of the banks’ offenses.

]]> 2008-07-15T05:40:00+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/an-irish-style-banana-republic/ 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. economy, public policy, reform, government, limiting government 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.

]]> 2008-04-29T05:46:00+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/israel-still-doesnt-get-economy/ 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? economy, nation, society, education 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?

]]> 2008-04-29T04:54:00+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/us-charity-to-israel-reconsidered/ Jewish institutional efforts must now undergo a period of reform and greater accountability. Some charitable efforts should be privatized. Individuals or groups of donors must take personal responsibility for specific projects, to ensure that funds are dispensed in a responsible and cost effective manner. nation, Zionism Jewish institutional efforts must now undergo a period of reform and greater accountability. Some charitable efforts should be privatized. Individuals or groups of donors must take personal responsibility for specific projects, to ensure that funds are dispensed in a responsible and cost effective manner.

]]> 2008-04-02T05:06:01+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/israels-no-win-strategy/ 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. government, nation, world affairs 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.

]]> 2008-03-08T05:49:00+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/dangerous-infatuation/ 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. government, limiting government 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.

]]> 2008-02-20T07:49:00+01:00 http://www.icsep.org.il/en/commentary/whats-public-about-their-broadcasting/ Our “public channel,” funded by a compulsive tax, does not need to be pluralistic or even-handed. Like other public institutions that lack well-defined ownership, Channel 1 has consequently been taken over by bureaucrats and by undemocratic workers’ unions. society, media Our “public channel,” funded by a compulsive tax, does not need to be pluralistic or even-handed. Like other public institutions that lack well-defined ownership, Channel 1 has consequently been taken over by bureaucrats and by undemocratic workers’ unions.

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