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A Predictable Surprise: Israel Doesn’t Have a Relevant Immigration Policy

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , , on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The announcement that the Ministry of Health intends to import Georgian doctors exemplifies one of the most outstanding and obvious gaps in Israeli policy – the lack of a coherent strategy regarding migration. In a world of international competition over human capital, Israel participates only as an exporter of human capital without having formulated a [...]

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Tragedy of the Commons and Predictable Surprises

Posted in Methodology & Theory, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In ‘Managed to Death,’ the Economist describes the plummeting of the world’s stocks of the bluefin tuna due to unmanaged fishing quotas. Because they live in the high seas, these fish belong to everyone, and are thus no one’s responsibility. The situation reflects a classic example of the ‘Tragedy of the Common’s which is a [...]

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Demographics and Predictable Surprises

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Aluf Benn in Ha’aretz (14/9) explains why it’s difficult to get people to understand the Iranian and demographic threats facing the State of Israel.

Could this political threat constitute a Predictable Surprise?

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Fannie Mae and Predictable Surprises

Posted in Methodology & Theory, tagged , , , on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The New York Times (7/9) has an interesting piece about the current bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that links to one of the books in the Reut Canon. Can Israel prevent its own Predictable Surprises?

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