There are more israeli t v shows i want to watch than american t v shows. I think the audience is more demanding and has evolved into an equilibrium where they expect something more intellectually substantive from television. The notion that at the margin, you get a much bigger audience by pandering to more people just doesn't go that far in Israel. Smarter, more demanding audience plus limited incentives to sell out bets are only interesting. This ame really bad israeli T V shows that i've enjoyed that take weird and strange urns. They're not particularly designed, i don't think, any more for the israli market. And the real puzzle to me is
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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