March 1, 2022
by Moshe
Comments Off on We can’t afford more economic nonsense. New Position Paper on lessons for Israel from Ukraine invasion of Putin
Socialist, ‘green’ experiments had weakened Western economic power and emboldened Putin. Economic power is one of the key advantages of Israel in the Middle East and the basis for our military power. We can’t afford useless and dangerous political decisions … Continue reading
February 14, 2022
by Moshe
Comments Off on COVID-19 Library update and Supplementary materials
The new updated version of “COVID-19 Library. Filling the Gaps” contains important references on the mandatory vaccination issues. Mandatory vaccination by the experimental vaccine (FDA and CDC agree that “Information is not yet available about potential long-term health outcomes…”) looks highly problematic. The … Continue reading
April 11, 2021
by Moshe
Comments Off on COVID-19 Library: Filling the Gaps
Here is our mini-library (collection of references), filling some gaps in the current discussion of the COVID-19 crisis. “Intellectually, the greatest benefit I derived from the experience [of working in the office of President Ronald Reagan] was to be able to … Continue reading
March 17, 2020
by Moshe
Comments Off on Are we ready to lose the Opportunities unleashed by COVID19 Crisis?
As every crisis, current COVID19 pandemic causes economic setback, fuels demand of special interests and emboldens bureaucrats’ claim for more and more discretionary power. But the same crisis brings not only heavy losses for all the countries, but opportunity to … Continue reading
August 30, 2019
by Moshe
Comments Off on “Universal Suffrage: The Century of Corrupting Incentives?”
Our paper “Universal Suffrage: The Century of Corrupting Incentives?” has been published (at long last) at Volume 14 of the New Perspectives on Political Economy (now on-line) – see pp. 63-89. The paper could be downloaded from the SSRN web site … Continue reading
October 4, 2018
by Moshe
Comments Off on ב”ד “To kill Hope? In Search of a Reliable Strategy to Fight Terrorism” has just been published
Our article “To Kill Hope? In Search of a Reliable Strategy to Fight Terrorism” by Jewish Political Studies Review (JPSR Volume 29, Numbers 1–2 pp. 27-57). One could download the article (draft version) as pdf – file from SSRN or … Continue reading
March 6, 2018
by Moshe
Comments Off on Does Government Crowds Out the Family?
Here is the updated version of the report, presenting current state of our studies in political economy of the Family institution crisis. The family was targeted (actually, picked for destruction) by totalitarian intellectuals since Plato. Acute need to destroy it … Continue reading
October 1, 2017
by Moshe
Comments Off on Political Factors Behind Cuts and Surges in Government Spending
Political Factors Behind Cuts and Surges in Government Spending: The Effects on Old Market Democracies and Post-Communist Countries We tried to explain surges and cuts in governmental spending of Democratic countries by some of the political factors affecting governments’ abilities … Continue reading
September 25, 2017
by Moshe
Comments Off on 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
Comments Off on 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