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Workers, Employers and the Distribution of National Income 2011
From a macro-economic perspective, 2011 was a good year for the Israeli economy, whose economic growth was higher than that of other developed economies. From the standpoint of employees, the two most positive developments were the continued decline in unemployment, from 6.6% in 2010 to 5.6% in 2011, and the creation of 80,000 new jobs. … Continue reading Workers, Employers and the Distribution of National Income 2011
Central Government Transfers to the Settlements Still Higher than to Localities Within the Green Line
This new Adva Center report is the update for 2009 of a periodical documenting inequality in the financing of municipal budgets in Israel. It compares four groups of localities: (1) “Forum-15” cities – the 15 local authorities whose budgets are balanced and thus have no need of “balancing grants” from the central government; Jewish development … Continue reading Central Government Transfers to the Settlements Still Higher than to Localities Within the Green Line
The Rat Race and The March Of Folly
The wave of protests that are splashing over the country represent, first and foremost, the middle class’ recognition – at long last – that it is powerless to hold its own in the mad competition that has been forced upon it: military service involving the loss of three years of income, college studies, the purchase … Continue reading The Rat Race and The March Of Folly