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Kicking the neoliberal habit
After the 2008 global financial crisis, some of Israel’s neo-liberal fundamentalists sobered up from capitalist dogmatism and became ‘social.’ This led them to discovering Scandinavia, and lately they have been busy marketing a biased and union-free capitalist version of the ‘Nordic Model’ in Israel as well. By Yossi Dahan (Translated from Hebrew by Orna Meir-Stacey,  Edited by…
By Haokets April 12, 2014
J14 protesters outside Tel Aviv Stock Exchange July 7, 2012 (Activestills)
The price of turning Israel into another Scandinavia
The reality of the Nordic economic model has little to do with the derisive way it is described by the ‘The Marker’ or ‘The Economist.’ One writer takes apart the right-wing business media’s analysis, revealing the truth behind the successful social democracies. By: Ami Vatury (Translated from Hebrew by Rachel Beitarie) “The Scandinavian model” found…
By Haokets May 1, 2013
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