Israel : The Knowledge Economy and Its Costs (Middle East in Focus)

Rosenberg, David

Palgrave Macmillan（2017/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230115828
• DDC分類 338.95694

Full Description

Under very adverse conditions, Israel has become one of the world's leading knowledge economies. At a time when high technology, science, energy conservation, and medical research have become the hottest economic sector, these very things have emerged as the country's leading industry. Thus Israel's economy is uniquely based purely on technology and innovation. But the phenomenon has created two problems. The first is the sustainability of the model and the second is the social costs it has entailed in the form of income inequality and poverty. This book examines the rise of the country's knowledge economy and its consequences using macroeconomic data, interviews with industry players, academic studies, and media reports.

Contents

PART I: KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY What is a Knowledge Economy? Israel as a Knowledge Economy The Enterprise as the Product PART II: HISTORY Origins: Agriculture, Socialism Intellectual Capital The Ideological Debate PART III: UNDERPINNINGS Education The Army Finance The State The Security Environment Entrepreneurialism PART IV: THE OUTSIDERS The Parallel Economy The Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Arabs PART V: CONSEQUENCES Income Inequality Unemployment, Poverty Sustainability