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Author Rubner, Alex

Title The economy of Israel : a critical account of the first ten years / Alex Rubner
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024

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Series Routledge Revivals Series
Routledge Revivals Series
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Major Statistical Tables -- Glossary of Hebrew and Technical Terms -- Introduction -- Part: A -- Chapter I-The Tenets of Zionism -- Chapter II-Israel: Some Descriptive Data -- Chapter III-A Political Guide: 1917-1959 -- Chapter IV-An Economic Chronology: 1948-1958 -- Chapter V-National Income, Balance of Payments and Capital Formation -- Chapter VI-The Histadruth -- Chapter VII-Foreign Exchange Controls -- Chapter VIII-The Cost-of-Living Index
Chapter IX-Price and Physical Controls -- Chapter X-Six Central Themes -- Chapter XI-The Non-Farming Sectors -- Chapter XII-The Money Market -- Chapter XIII-Agricultural Policy -- Chapter XIV-Irrigation -- Part: B -- Chapter XV-The Five Standards of the IL -- Chapter XVI-The Israeli Concept of Value-Added -- Chapter XVII-The Structure of the Foreign Currency Controls -- Chapter XVIII-The Aims of the Foreign Currency Controls -- Chapter XIX-A Classification of Exchange Rates -- Chapter XX-Tozereth Haaretz -- Chapter XXI-Imports -- General Considerations -- Imports below the Average Rate
Punitive Rates for Institutions -- Imports above the Average Rate -- Chapter XXII-Exports -- The Size of the Export Earnings -- Unused Export Potential -- Unrequited (Visible) Exports -- Clearing-Dollars -- Chapter XXIII-Devaluation -- Part: C -- Chapter XXIV-A Summary -- Chapter XXV-Multiple Rates and Political Democracy -- Chapter XXVI-Israel and other Under-developed Countries -- Chapter XXVII-A Glimpse into Israel's Future -- Appendices -- Appendix I-The Jerusalem Shoe Corporation -- Appendix II-The Zilberg Judgement -- Appendix III-Wheat Growing in Israel
Appendix IV-The Rate of the ""Fuel Dollar -- Appendix V-The Rate of the ""Meat Dollar -- Appendix VI-The Wastage of Bread -- Appendix VII-Six Illustrations of Unrequited Exports -- Appendix VIII-A Catalogue of Export Promotion -- Appendix IX-Two Legal Views on the ""Pure Rate -- Appendix X-The Proclamation of Independence -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary First published in 1960, The Economy of Israel presents a critical account of the first ten years of Israeli economy. The book starts with a short description of the physical nature of the country and an examination of the Zionist ideas which played a decisive role in the formation of Israel. Part I of the book surveys the economy of Israel and traces the significant features of its development between 1948 and 1958. Part II is not a photograph of Israel's exchange regulations at one particular date, but an eclectic account of the variable features of a flexible system that had but one constant factor, namely, the absence at any time of an effective unitary exchange rate. Part III of the book contains some general observations that are largely speculative. The book concludes with an examination of the prospects of Israel's economy with special reference to the charitable aid which has provided it with its life blood during the first decade. This is an important historical account for scholars and researchers of economics, Middle East economics, and history of Israel
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Alex Rubner
Subject BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
SUBJECT Israel -- Economic conditions
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