LEADER 03554nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910958150003321 005 20251116141418.0 010 $a1-4384-1624-5 035 $a(CKB)111000211282650 035 $a(OCoLC)42855196 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588901 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223498 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187329 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223498 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182092 035 $a(PQKB)11677580 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408350 035 $a(BIP)76147928 035 $a(BIP)1257288 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211282650 100 $a19930115d1994 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe political economy of Israel $efrom ideology to stagnation /$fYakir Plessner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (341 pages) 225 0$aSUNY series in Israeli studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-7914-1741-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-318) and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- PREFACE -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROAR THAT BECAME A WHISPER -- OBSTACLES TO GROWTH: THE ABDUCTED CAPITAL MARKET -- THE CAPITAL MARKET: THE ORIGINS -- OBSTACLES TO GROWTH: THE ECONOMIC CULTURE -- THE ECONOMIC CULTURE: THE ORIGINS -- OBSTACLES TO GROWTH: THE WOULD-BE BUSINESS SECTOR -- THE WOULD-BE PRIVATE SECTOR: THE ORIGINS -- OBSTACLES TO GROWTH: THE ALMIGHTY WEAKLING -- THE INFLATIONARY PRESCRIPTION: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES -- INFLATION! THE OBSTACLES GANG UP -- STABILIZATION AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- INDEX. 330 $aThis book constitutes the first attempt at a comprehensive description, history, and analysis of Israel's economy. Plessner examines events of the past two decades and advances the hypothesis that problems within the Israeli economy can be explained by the extent of its departure from the institutions and rules that govern predominantly market economies. He argues that Israel is unusual in that it affords an opportunity to analyze a socialized economy embedded in a democratic society. Individual chapters describe Israel's economic growth and stagnation, the government's domination of capital and credit markets, and the absence of a truly independent private sector. The concluding chapter evaluates the stabilization program of the 1980s and its aftermath and provides a prognosis for the future. Told within the framework of the story of Zionism and the creation of the Jewish state, this book answers the question of why the Israeli economy finds itself today in the same state in which it has languished since 1973. Yakir Plessner is Senior Lecturer in Economics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Fellow at The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He was formerly Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel and economic advisor to the Minister of Finance. 410 0$aSUNY series in Israeli studies. 607 $aIsrael$xHistory 607 $aIsrael$xEconomic conditions 676 $a338.95694 700 $aPlessner$b Yakir$f1935-$01865781 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958150003321 996 $aThe political economy of Israel$94472966 997 $aUNINA