There's a lot of debate here that i've not paid close attention to before i arrived, about emigrants from other countries. It's really a national identity issue that the israli people will work out through. Israelis might be willing to pay a higher price for a bunch of stuff to have it done by israelis. I don't think that's ever going to change. As i've said before, a good economist understands that. A bad economist focuses on it.
In this special crossover special with EconTalk, Tyler interviews Russ Roberts about his new life in Israel as president of Shalem College. They discuss why there are so few new universities, managing teams in the face of linguistic and cultural barriers, how Israeli society could adapt to the loss of universal military service, why Israeli TV is so good, what American Jews don’t understand about life in Israel, what his next leadership challenge will be, and much more.
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