Overview
- Examines the political impact of economic advisors in Israel
- Presents detailed case studies focusing on Israeli economic policies from the 1950s until today
- Includes previously unpublished primary source documents based on detailed archival research
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About the authors
Warren Young is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Azrieli Center for Economic Research at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He is the author and editor of many books and papers on the history of modern Macroeconomics and other topics, including the Economics of Israel. He has been a Visiting Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Deakin University, Australia; Ben-Gurion University, Israel; Tepper School of Business, Carnegie-Mellon University; Center for the Study of Economic Efficiency, Arizona State University; and a Visiting Scholar at Wolfson College, Cambridge. He was a consultant to the ArchivesProject at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Young holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, England.
Yaron Zelekha is Associate Professor at the School of Business, Ono Academic College and a leading public lecturer and economic consultant. At Ono Academic College, he is President of the Higher Academic Council, Head of the Accounting Specialization, and former Dean of the Faculty of Business. He served as the Accountant-General of the State of Israel in 2003-2007, as head of economic affairs in the Prime Minister’s Office in 1996-1998, and in various corporate positions, including board memberships and chairmanships. He has chaired several government-appointed committees and received numerous prizes for his government and policy work. In his public lectures, he analyzes Israel’s socioeconomic problems and advocates policy reforms to promote sustainable and inclusive growth. As a consultant, he specializes in mediation and
arbitration of business and labor disputes. He has published five books and dozens of articles in both Hebrew and English. His books are: The Black Guard (2008), Uncertainty, Expectations and Macroeconomic Policy in Israel (2009), Reforming the Consumption Patterns (2011), The Macroeconomics of Corruption (2013) and The Four Hundred Blows and Other Movies: On Leadership, Values, Ethics and Esthetics in Twentieth-Century Cinema (2015). Zelekha holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Bar Ilan University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Role of Economic Advisers in Israel's Economic Policy
Book Subtitle: Crises, Reform and Stabilization
Authors: Daniel Schiffman, Warren Young, Yaron Zelekha
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60682-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60680-4Published: 14 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09654-0Published: 11 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60682-8Published: 06 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 176
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic Policy, Public Policy, Economic History, History of Economic Thought/Methodology