The Role of Economic Advisers in Israel's Economic Policy Crises, Reform and Stabilization /

• Main Authors: Schiffman, Daniel (Author), Young, Warren (Author), Zelekha, Yaron (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Economic history.; Economics.; Political Economy/Economic Policy.; Public Policy.; Economic History.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.

This book illustrates the role of international economic advisors in the development of Israel’s economic policies. Based on extensive archival and historical research, it presents case studies on the policy impacts of the world-renowned advisors Michal Kalecki, Abba Lerner, Richard Kahn, Milton Fri...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: The Impact of Economic Advisers in Israel
• 2. Economic Crisis and Policy Prescriptions: the Kalecki and Mikesell Reports, 1950-1952
• 3. Adviser and Activist: Lerner on the Israeli economy, 1953 onwards
• 4.Ex-officio Adviser: Kahn in Israel, 1957 and 1962
• 5. Politicization of Policy Prescriptions: Friedman and Israeli economic reform, 1977
• 6.Economic Analysis, Advice and Stabilization, 1972-1992: the Stein-Fischer Nexus
• 7. Stabilization via Government Accounting Reform - the 2003 Program and Politicization of Recovery
• 8. Economic Advisers and Israel's Economic Policy: some interim conclusions.