Adam Smith's Scholar, I'm an Expert on the Martial Side, the Military Side

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There's a big conversation going along, going around here about whether israel should continue with the draft or go to mooclos. The unit you were in and the kind of unit you are in has a very powerful, lifelong, a fect a. A and dum. It permeates a lot of life here like there are certain networks of college,. You knowtht you have a certain natural connection the graduates here in Israel.

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.