Shomron Center for Economic Policy Research

In Search for an efficient Institutions

September 25, 2017
by Moshe
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Meet our Courses!

We are currently preparing a few courses based on our researches’ outcomes and data collected for our researches. Syllabuses, tests and other materials for the courses will be presented at the specialized page at this site. Currently you could find … Continue reading

July 23, 2017
by Moshe
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Measuring de facto Constitutional constraints: the article just published

Journal of Constitutional Political Economy just published (Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2017 pp. 311-320) our article “A Proposal for a More Objective Measure of De Facto Constitutional Constraints”. Simple and easily correctable measures of institutions are based on observable … Continue reading

July 22, 2017
by Moshe
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“How Butter beats the Guns” is published ב”ד

After years of hysterical or totally senseless reviews and editors’ reactions we got from economic journals we had switched to military ones. Now we have got this very important for us publication in the Czech military Journal “Defence and Strategy” … Continue reading

July 20, 2017
by Moshe
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There are Judges in … Tel Aviv

Rabbinic court in Tel Aviv created precedent revitalizing “fault divorce” at least in the most severe cases of  misbehavior of “privileged” spouse. The problem is, the precedent comes too late. The machinery of governmental crowding out the man from the … Continue reading

May 14, 2017
by Moshe
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Take them all, Mr Macron!

French president-elect E.Macron invites US scientists – crusaders of Global Warming to go to the  France. “I believe in the Global warming… your new president is skeptical  …  come to the France, we need Innovators… etc” Thank you, dear Mr … Continue reading

March 5, 2017
by Moshe
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Do you want to buy quality goods? Deregulate!

Are you, mostly, happy with Chinese quality? Really? Here is one of the explanations why you are almost definitely not. People of another culture often simply fail to understand you wishes and requirements (to say nothing of the language barrier, … Continue reading

February 1, 2017
by Moshe
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The Promise kept: great choice of president Trump

Liberal web-outlet  Voxcom has published pretty useful article on the cost of Clinton failure for the American Lefts:  “missed chance to reshape Supreme Court for a generation“. The author, BTW, points out, that some republican presidents nominees in the SCOTUS … Continue reading

December 18, 2016
by Moshe
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Rediscovered Tradition of Government intervention

Gil Ronen’s just have penned his new  article: worth to read! Pay attention to the author’s reference on archaic tradition of governmental intervention in family issues, “rediscovered” for civilized world by Marx, extensively used by Stalin and Hitler. For ours … Continue reading

December 3, 2016
by Moshe
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Few notes for my Jewish friends, perplexed by Trump

People ask themselves: what has really happened? What will happen to us since Trump elected? I believe nothing REALLY bad hasn’t happened, since the end of the primaries. Obama’s landmarks. No any doubt both candidates were better than person who … Continue reading

November 6, 2016
by Moshe
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The Torah as the source of economic freedom and its sustainability

At first glance, the Torah does not address the issues of economic and social order (surely, it does not discuss distinctions between free capitalist and socialist approaches). Talmudic sources, occasionally restricting economic freedom, often reflected realities of communities which survived … Continue reading