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Israel and the Economic Crisis 5: A Vote of Confidence for Israel’s Economic...
In the context of the global economic crisis, Israel’s relatively strong banking system may constitute a unique ‘added value’ that can be utilized for leapfrogging. Ha’aretz reports the recent...
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Israel: Leading the world in long term thinking?
New governmental plans in the field of pensions embody a much needed emphasis on long term performance. In a previous blog, I argued that the sense of urgency due to the current economic crisis...
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Understanding Rapid Change in the World we live in
In the ‘exponential world’ in which we live, the value one receives from knowledge is decreasing while the value of learning is rapidly increasing, thus creating the greater possibility for ‘relevancy...
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Israel and the Economic Crisis 8: The Blind Spot of Economic Thought
A recent paper from the MIT Green Hub and Presencing Institute argues that the current crisis is not primarily about financial or economic bankruptcy, but about intellectual bankruptcy and calls for...
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Regional Development (6) Focusing on Strengths not Weaknesses
In the face of complex structural problems that Israel faces, a regional approach can stimulate a socio-economic leapfrog based on the country’s unique assets. Writing in the Calcalist, Zvi Lanir...
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A Further Deterioration in Israel’s Competitiveness
The World Economic Forum’s 2009-2010 Global Competitiveness Index published this week ranks Israel as 27th in the world, a decrease of 4 places since last year. The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)...
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Learning about the EU Flexicurity approach
The Reut team recently came back from a study visit to the EU in which we meet with officials and EU social partners regarding the Flexicurity approach. Our main insights and findings are below:...
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Israel joining the OECD and the Israel 15 Vision
This week, Israel was invited to join the prestigious OECD. While this is an important ‘stamp of approval’ for the strength and resilience of the Israeli economy, there are several other components...
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The political ‘trilemma’ of the world economy
Global competition between countries is a key dimension of Leapfrogging. Through analyzing the Greek economic crisis, Economist Dani Rodrick introduces the political ‘trilemma’ of the world economy –...
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Are We Close to Israel 15? Not Yet
Newsweek ranked Israel 22nd in its annual index of the “World’s Best Countries,” which was published yesterday. While it remains true that Israel has achieved relative success in raising GDP per Capita...
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