Anonymous accusations brought Leiderman down

Leo Leiderman is a victim of the most macabre invention in Israeli history: The Committee for the Appointment of Senior Public Officials.

Far from Chicago

Leo Leiderman understands that extraordinary times call for unconventional methods, but his basic conservatism remians.

Jacob Frenkel blinks first

The public will not accept that the man who runs the country's monetary policy be a man suspected of financial misdeeds.

Where exactly will Shelly Yachimovich find NIS 139b?

The Labor Party's economic platform is built on fantasies and ignores the tough questions.

We'll pay for government complacency

The public should not buy the calming messages and realize that this war will cost a heavy economic price that we will all have to pay.

Paying for Netanyahu's fiscal sins

Netanyahu who stars in all the surveys as the most successful minister of finance in Israel's history, has as prime minister committed every fiscal sin possible.

Fischer makes defense budget gaffe

Stanley Fisher arrived unprepared for yesterday's cabinet meeting on the defense budget, and he did not know the material.

2013 budget could be cut by default

A simple calculation shows that postponing the budget will prevent an additional NIS 1.1 billion a month, on average, in spending.

Planned austerity measures not enough

Cancelling exemptions on advanced training funds, VAT on fruits and vegetables, Eilat, and the betterment tax - can generate NIS 6 billion more.

Taxation in Israel - myths and facts

It is already important to make clear: raising VAT, the main indirect tax, by 1 percentage point is a fait accompli.

Doubling deficit sends message of weakness

Prof. Omer Moav: Netanyahu lacks the political ability and courage to cut.

Rothschild and anti-Rothschild

In contrast to the economist-dominated Rothschild Team, the Anti-Rothschild Team is an inter-disciplinary effort of economists, pedagogues, health, welfare and legal experts.

Unchanged interest rate could prove expensive

There is no solution other than higher interest rates to the problems that the Israeli economy now faces.

Gas revenues create illusion of Israeli affluence

The government bonus was an April Fool's Joke, but we must make sure that the joke won't be on us.

Refocus on inflation

For the economy as a whole, the macroeconomic consequences of unrestrained inflation are far more devastating than the effects of a low exchange rate.

Netanyahu's policies exacerbate inequality

However, Prof. Avi Ben-Bassat says that rising prices are not entirely the government's fault.