Israel At A Crossroads: Prof Dan Ben-David On Israel’s Socioeconomic Challenges At 75
Channel: Daniel Rosehill
Date: 2023-04-20

Ahead of Israel's 75th birthday (Yom Atzmaut falls next week), Professor Dan Ben-David, President of the Shoresh Institution and a prominent Israeli economist, discusses some of the socioeconomic challenges facing the country.

== Timestamps ==

Intro - 00:00
Core socioeconomic issues in Israel - 01:24
Educational achievement - 03:34
Israel's pivot point in the 1970s - 06:25
Israel vs. the OECD and defence spending - 15:05
Comparing Israel to other developed countries - 15:30
Defence spending in Israel - 16:00
Income inequality in Israel - 17:15
Poverty in Israel - 18:00
Can 'high tech' provide the answer? - 25:15
The Israel-Afghanistan comparison  - 31:27
The high cost of living in Israel - 38:35
Shoresh's 3 policy recommendations - 44:10

Dan's Times of Israel contributions:

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/dan-ben-david/

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By: Daniel Rosehill 

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