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Avete letto il rapporto dell'Economist su Israele? Anche loro citano i
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"il Logi è goi e quindi, poverino, abituato a credere che
quel che c'è scritto non necessiti di interpretazione"
(il cosiddetto agnosco/nahum/jabo/shampista/delafia/borat/andrea su
it.politica.internazionale, 26/10/06)

 cellulari kosher
Israel may have an astonishing economy despite having so many wars,
writes the Economist in classic British understatement, but then
continues to draw much less complimentary conclusions: The economic
miracle and high growth is mostly based on a one-time opportunity in
high tech, and the country is not prepared for the future.
"Beneath its gleaming high-tech skin, the body of Israel's economy is
slightly worn. True, the country has some successful industrial giants
and does well in a few export niches such as generic drugs, weapons
systems and agricultural and water-treatment technology... However,
much of the country's traditional industry (e.g., machinery,
chemicals, clothing and food), which accounts for more than half of
its jobs, is lacklustre. Average industrial productivity is around
half that in America. One reason: Israel leads the world in R&D
spending as a proportion of GDP, but this is heavily concentrated in
high-tech. In more traditional industries the rate is just a quarter
of America's," writes the magazine.
It further says "Israel's ability to capitalise on the internet boom
was a lucky one-off."
In particular the magazine criticizes the low participation in the
workforce, particularly in the ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors
It further draws attention to a long list of problems such as
overweening bureaucracy, mediocre infrastructures and institutions,
and low labor efficiency and productivity.
It calls the state of the education system "perhaps the most serious
threat to Israel's long-term prosperity, and the one that most
troubles ordinary Israelis."
It also explains that wealth is over concentrated in too few hands,
with income inequality one of the highest in the developed world.
Further, economic growth has not reduced poverty and the number of
children living below the poverty line has actually grown.
In addition it takes a look at the middle-class, and finds it
suffering, too.
As to the causes and solutions, The Economist places much of the blame
on the political system, calling it "chronically dysfunctional." And
they are not overly optimistic about the future either: "It is
politicians, not their voters, who will have to approve a change in
the system. The risk is that whatever they agree on will continue to
serve their own interests better than the country's."
As to an Iranian bomb falling on Israel, The Economist may not think
that is too large a threat, but such a bomb, even if unused, "will
prompt the best and brightest Israelis, who are also the most mobile,
to emigrate and tip the economy into an irreversible decline."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/971928.html
e molti non aspettano neanche la bomba...
http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2008/04/02/news/news08.txt
qui il report dell'economist:
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10909908
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10909941
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10960108
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10909854
qui i kosherphone:
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10909900

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