Economists warn: All of us together on the Titanic, maybe it will shake people after the election - Walla! 2021 Elections

2021-03-22T16:10:54.500Z

The corona year has plunged Israel into one of the most severe economic crises in its history, and the issue is at the center of the election campaign agenda, which will come to an end in hours. Two senior economists, Prof. Dan Ben-David and Omar Moav, explain how much longer we can pull in the given situation. "Dealing with trifles and not mainly"

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Economists warn: We are all together on the Titanic, maybe it will shake people after the election

The corona year has plunged Israel into one of the most severe economic crises in its history, and the issue is at the center of the election campaign agenda, which will come to an end in hours.

Two senior economists, Prof. Dan Ben-David and Omar Moav, explain how much longer we can pull in the given situation.

"Dealing with trifles and not mainly"

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"The problem is that we are in economic propaganda."

Closed stalls in the Carmel market (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Prof. Ben David (Photo: Official Website, Gal Ben Dor, Wikipedia)

According to Prof. Ben-David, in Israel there is no budgetary transparency and the citizens can not "keep track of the money. We do not know who gets what, but only see the results. We have a black economy, almost NIS 300 billion of black economy, a third of which could have been added Taxes. "

However, he sees the dire situation as an opportunity where the dormant systems receive a shock that will lead to positive change.

"And maybe the crisis, maybe the worst of the economic austerity period, maybe it will shake enough people after the election. There is a country here and we are all on the same ship called the Titanic at the moment. But it does not have to be."

"In an election economy since Kahlon was elected."

Shops closed in Tel Aviv during the Corona (Photo: Sapir Levy)

Prof. Moab (Photo: Official Website, Zoharwz, Wikipedia)

Prof. Moab from the Interdisciplinary Center and the University of Warrick in England linked the situation in which Israel is in the constant rounds of elections.

"The problem is that we have been in an election economy for about five years. More or less since Kahlon became finance minister," he said.

"We are creating a situation here in the Israeli public that is getting used to this discourse that the government distributes gifts without realizing that it will have a price and that we will pay in the end. There were all the plans, and we entered a crisis with a structural deficit, that is, compared to other Western countries. A relatively reasonable product, I will not say low. "

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