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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Economies |
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern economies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Market nationalism and Israeli capitalism; From socialism to capitalism?; The Israeli variant of capitalism; The transition to neoliberalism; Notes; References; Chapter 1: States and markets in late-developing economies; Historicity and geography of economic rationality; State preferences; Economics and nationalism; Professionals and politicians; Linkages between the state and market actors; The argument presented in this book; The structure of the book |
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NotesReferences; Part I: The formative period: Economic ideas and state preferences; Chapter 2: Toward an industrial revolution; Agriculture or industry?; The private sector and state-building; Objecting to the productivization ideology; David Horowitz: from Hashomer Hatzair to the free market; The economic consequences of the national conflict; Demand-sideeconomics and the economic absorptive capacity; The Peel Commission; International recognition; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Constructing state capacities; Domestic trends; The population as an object of governance |
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Zionism and developmental economicsThe Planning Committee; Expertise and statehood; Cooperation between the expert and the politician; The exclusion of the ERI; Informal linkages; The Jewish Agency and American Jewry; International committees; Conclusion; Appendix; List of institutions where former members of the Planning Committee served as senior staff after the establishment of the State of Israel; The Public Sector (38); Histadrut Sector (13); Notes; References; Part II: From full employment to economic independence: Production and finance |
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Chapter 4: Economic independence: Reality, policy and rhetoricThe politics of the current account deficit; The trade deficit in the pre-stateera; Trade deficit, war and immigration; Trade deficit, inflation and the standard of living; Between liberalism and socialism; Toward the New Economic Policy; Defining economic independence; Patinkinâ#x80;#x99;s boys; The Workers Corporation and the government; The rise of the economic ministries and the Bank of Israel; The Treaty of Rome; From full employment to full natural employment; The austerity coalition; Strikes and deficit; Economic Hasbara; Conclusion |
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NotesReferences; Chapter 5: Establishing a central bank in alate-developing country; Central banking and international norms; The political economy of central banks; Monetary policy instruments; Central banking in developing countries; Monetary arrangements in Israel before the establishment of the Bank of Israel; Delays in the establishment of the central bank; Toward an Israeli central bank; International financial institutions; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 6: The independence of the Bank of Israel; A board or a single governor?; A central bank Law or Horowitzâ#x80;#x99;s law? |
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Rules versus discretion |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351759595 |
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1351759590 |
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