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The cost of privatization: On false economic messianism

The cost of privatization: On false economic messianism
By Bambi Sheleg  |  02/04/2010
We want to examine what the results of the privatization process have been for Israeli society at large – who profited and who lost. Is the free market indeed truly efficient, or did a small part of our society – under the seeming guise of “efficiency” – get rich at the expense of everyone else?

They are privatizing our coastline
By Naomi Barot  |  02/04/2010
Land is being “thawed out” - that is, agricultural land is being rezoned to make way for construction projects. It is difficult to deny the truth of this statement. All our habits, all our landscapes, all our familiar aromas, all our beliefs are in danger of being destroyed. Our entire coastline with all its beaches an...

On the Necessity of Ceilings for Economic Inequalities
By Arie Arnon  |  02/04/2010
The heart of the social debate on economic matters touches on the issue of drawing a line between the private and the public. Arie Arnon reviews the thought of three seminal philosophers who dealt with the attempt to devise a formula for economic redemption, and concludes that a superior economic method has not yet bee...

Letter from London – Beyond my 1950s ur-Pesach seder
By Antony Lerman  |  02/04/2010
As a child, come Pesach and I would long for that first taste of matzah, thickly spread with unsalted Dutch butter and covered with Gouda sliced from a thick wedge—all kasher l’Pesach, of course. I could eat mounds of matzah brei (crushed matzah soaked in beaten egg and scrambled) for breakfast or lunch. And there was ...

Blog - The political arena of Hungary
By Agata Peleszuk  |  02/04/2010
The growth of support for far-right Jobbik party in Hungary does not alarm only minorities. The parliamentary campaign began at full steam and so did the narrative of radicals. How will political arena of Hungary look like after the expected defeat of the socialist government? So far the forecasts are quite disturbing....

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  01/04/2010
Whenever I happen to travel through Germany's smaller cities – whether east or west, those suburbia quarters, although some of them are populated with over half a million people – Pforzheim, Halle or even Essen and today Zwickau and Plauen, I'm keeping an open eye for their wounds.

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