Europe Wants Tech to Be Force for Good. Who Cares?
Climate change, social media topped the DLD conference agenda, but the tech is controlled by the U.S. and China
Eytan Avriel
Eytan Avriel is a co-founder of TheMarker, the business newspaper of the Haaretz Group. He is also the chief editor of TheMarker.com.
Analysis Israel’s Shame: A Billionaire Tax Exemption Born in Sin
The law that grants benefits to immigrants and returning Israelis is only of help to a handful of the very rich. When the benefits run out, the billionaires run away
Analysis Israel's Labor Party Takes the Socioeconomic Agenda Off the Table
Its plan to tax the upper middle class to pay for a giant social-welfare plan discredits the idea of helping the needy
Analysis Is Ayelet Shaked Just a Younger, Female Version of Netanyahu?
That’s what she would like you to think, but on socioeconomic and other issues there are striking differences – and they don’t favor Shaked
Star of the North: How Warren Buffett Bought the Best Industrial Firm in Israel
And what will happen when he retires
Nukes, Planes and Champagne: How Israeli Prime Ministers Have Worked for Billionaire Arnon Milchan
The story of the Hollywood producer is the story of how money, charm and connections get things done in Israel
Richest Israelis Are Getting Richer, and Other Takeaways From Haaretz's 2019 Rich List
The total capital of this moneyed mass rose by an unprecedented 30 percent in the last year – and economic and social inequality in Israel grew as well
Analysis The Pundits Got It Wrong: In 2019, the Economy Did Sway Israeli Votes
Polls show that people’s feelings about the economy are shaped by their politics — and the right-wing majority thinks Bibi & Co. have delivered
Netanyahu Is Going Down, but What About His Powerful Accomplice?
Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes is so powerful that even after the attorney general announced his intention to indict him, nobody’s so much as mentioning his name
Analysis Which Tycoon Is Going to Win the Israel Election?
Akirov, Mozes, Adelson or Maimon: Behind every party in the race hides a Mr. Moneybags who contributes funds or effort to the cause. Here’s the lineup
Analysis Israel’s Rating Upgrade Ignores Critical Aspects of Its Economy
Standard & Poor’s analysis is about whether the government can repay its debt, but it says almost nothing about the country’s economic, political and social performance, or lack thereof
Analysis Is This the End of Israeli Venture Capital (And Maybe the Startup Nation) as We Know It?
Veteran VC funds are closing, executives are being replaced or looking for work, and U.S. funds might be readying to abandon Israel altogether. The whole model may be broken
Israel's 30 Richest in 2018
And how Roman Abramovich conquered the top spot with no time left on the clock
Analysis Teva Relied on Perks From the Israeli Government, and Now It’s Done For
Israel's political and corporate leadership keeps saying they want a capitalist economy, but when a crisis erupts, everyone clamors for a return to kibbutz socialism
Analysis How Much Teva's Collapse Has Cost Israelis - and Why It Endangers the Economy
The drug maker's profit warning wiped out $14 billion in value, but the overall confidence in the system is priceless
Analysis A Guide to Becoming a Billionaire in Israel Without Doing a Stroke of Work
In 2007, there were 173 millionaires on the list of Israel's 500 richest - today only 17, simply because the others have almost all become billionaires
Analysis Fishman Deal: Billions Disappear and No One’s Asking Why
Banks Supervisor Hedva Ber has refused to investigate how the banks failed to collect on tycoon Eliezer Fishman’s massive debt
Analysis Israel's Finance Minister: A Robin Hood Who Gives to the Poor, Then Takes It Back
Moshe Kahlon's generous program of benefits has one catch: There's no money to pay for it — except by raising taxes later
How Your Weaknesses and Vices Fuel the World Economy
The more competitive and sophisticated the market is, the more businesses will identify and exploit people’s biological and psychological frailties
Analysis Who Keeps Giving Billionaire Arnon Milchan a Lavish Gift Every Year?
Each year, a mysterious hand removes an amendment that would make the billionaire and other tycoons report income to the Israeli Tax Authority.
Analysis If You Really Care, Take to the Streets – Because It Works
Harvard researchers just released some revelatory findings about the power of protest. But does that also apply to a country without a history of mass protest like Israel?
Analysis Trump Takes Aim at Currency Warriors Like Israel
The president was talking about Japan and China, but Israel is also an example. Time to rethink policy?
Analysis The Real Crime of the Netanyahu-media Mogul Affair
The evidence so far from the talks between the PM and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes doesn't prove bribery, but it does point to antitrust violations, which are just as serious.
The Clever People in Davos Are Optimistic - Better Brace for Trouble
The world's going to be in hot water if we have to rely on forecasts from the World Economic Forum, which are usually egregiously wrong.
Analysis Davos 2017: On the Road to Irrelevance?
The cold blast from the surprise U.S. election and the rise of populism has reached the rarefied environs of the annual powwow of the world’s most rich and the powerful
Analysis Behind Netanyahu's Secret Tape Scandal: A 25-year War
Since the early 1990s, Yedioth’s publisher 'Noni' Mozes has been determined to bring Netanyahu down – not because of politics, but because of business.
Opinion Bank of Israel's Love of Dollars Inflicts Heavy Tax on Israelis
The central bank buys dollars and maintains near-zero interest rates to protect exporter and producer profits. Is the price the public pays for this worthwhile?
Analysis Sheldon Adelson vs. Haim Saban: Two Styles of Big American Money in Israeli Politics
One is the tycoon-owner of a newspaper, the other runs a club of politicians and media people and invests in Israeli firms dependent on friendly regulation.
'King of Oil' How Two Phone Calls From Ehud Barak to Bill Clinton May Have Led to President Trump
Marc Rich worked for the Mossad while also doing business with world despots. Giuliani and Comey were on his tail before Bill Clinton pardoned him in his last hours in the White House. He may be the cornerstone on which Hillary Clinton's opponents built her corrupt image.
Analysis Why Is Trump the Darling of Wall Street?
Look carefully which stocks have rallied in the wake of the election upset and you’ll notice it’s the banks. America’s financial service sector likes what it sees with the president-elect.