i think it's a fallacy that if we don't import workers to do those jobs, no one will do them. That's not true. What'll happen is, if you have something of a market economy, the wages rise and they become more attractive to the native population. And people like the idea of inexpensive food and fruit and vegetables picked by inexpensive labor,. home repairs done by inexpensive labor, all imigrant, often illegal, perhaps. But some people are going to pay a higher price for some things. Totk, tat they're illing to make that trade of ok. I come out before this i think it's now coming out.
Can Israeli society survive the loss of universal military service? Will the deregulation of Israel's kosher supervision spell the end of its Jewish character? And, speaking of Israel, what is it that makes its television dramas so good? Tyler Cowen discusses these and other subjects with EconTalk host Russ Roberts, new immigrant to Israel and unabashed fan of the Prisoners of War miniseries and Homer's Odyssey.