Opinion Egypt Faces a Modern-day Plague: Too Many Egyptians
The country will struggle to economically sustain its growth, and climate change is just adding to the misery
David Rosenberg
Opinion Netanyahu's Economic Plan Looks Like It Came From Outer Space
The Likud's finance minister-designate Nir Barkat may be an Earthling but he served up a package of reforms that have no bearing on economic reality
Opinion Why Palestine Will Lose the Unfair Trade War With Israel
Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh's strategy of economic disengagement from Israel is likely to fail, but not before it does a lot of damage
Opinion Arab Oil Money Is Running Out, and Chaos Will Likely Follow
Cash from the Gulf states has been smoothing over the roughest edges of the region’s failed economies. But the oil that paid for it won't last much longer
Analysis Politics Is a Pain in the Gas for Israel and Its Mideast Neighbors
From Egypt to Jordan and Lebanon, many in the region prefer to engage in empty posturing than getting natural gas into production
Opinion Trump’s Sliced-and-diced Palestine Is a Recipe for Economic Failure
Good governance workshops and $50 billion can't neutralize the Rube Goldberg contraption his peace plan proposes
Opinion Lebanon and Iraq Are Heading Straight for Failed-state Status
The protesters have the best intentions, but their countries’ problems are far too deep for reform to turn things around
With Lev Leviev Gone: The Era of the Tycoons in Israel Is Over
The masters of the local universe have been laid low. The new tycoon is a high-tech entrepreneur, and that’s a big improvement
Opinion The War Is Over, but Syria's Economic Misery Is Growing Worse
Amazingly, now of all times Syria's currency is plummeting and inflation is rising and Assad has no solutions except to jail speculators
Opinion Default Will Mean the End of Lebanon as We Know It
The misery that true default would cause could drive the last of the middle class out of the country and leave it more hopeless than ever
Opinion Iran, Wannabe Regional Hegemon on the Cheap
Its economy is too small and its technology not advanced enough to support its leaders' ambitions. If Tehran didn’t realize it before, now it knows
Opinion Startup Nation Is in Peril: The Armis Model Could Save It
Sharing the wealth with employees would keep profits inside Israel and encourage a new generation of entrepreneurs
Opinion Soleimani Fallout: What the Price of Oil Tells Us About War in the Middle East
Panic, panic everywhere, except in the place you’d most expect to find it
Opinion When Bibi Gets It Right: Poverty in Israel Is Going Down
But considering that Israel's economy has been growing since 2003, it should have gone down a lot more. What's keeping poverty high is politics
Opinion How Israel's Startup Nation Ends Up a Player in Gulf War Games
China is becoming a military player in the Middle East, which is going to make things even harder for Israel as the global struggle over technological supremacy heats up
Opinion Warning: Israel's Economy Won't Be as Strong in the Decade to Come
The decade of 2010-2019 was the best Israel ever had from the economic perspective, but financial and social trends point to a tougher 10 years ahead
Opinion The Turkish Bully Is Threatening the Mediterranean Energy Bonanza
Almost nobody noticed when Turkey chased an Israeli ship out of Cypriot waters two weeks ago, but it indicates how Erdogan is trying to force a change of the rules
Opinion Why the Planet Should Be Relieved That Labour Lost the U.K. Election
Climate change needs massive, urgent fixes and big government isn't the road to bunny rabbits skipping across verdant fields punctuated by wind turbines
Opinion Hail the Mighty Shekel, the Real Reason Israelis Are So Well Off
As Israel heads to another election, the markets clearly don't think the economy will be worse off with Netanyahu as jailbird instead of Bibi as boss
Opinion Why Israel Can and Must Help as Jordan's Economy Implodes
The kingdom’s economy risks going the route of Lebanese chaos. Its neighbor can help by creating business and jobs before it’s too late
Opinion Forget Billionaires: Israel Shouldn't Be Subsidizing Aliyah at All
The idea of mass immigration is uneconomic for a country this rich and crowded. Immigrants should be welcome but Israel doesn’t need to be giving them aid
Opinion Iran's Middle East Empire of Anarchy Can't Survive
The grievances animating protests in Lebanon and Iraq are beyond anything Tehran or local leaders can cope with: This isn't an Arab Spring, this is a Persian Autumn
Opinion Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Want to Be California. It Wants to Be China
It seems Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is aiming to emulate China’s mix of economic dynamism and political repression. It won’t work
Analysis Israel’s Political Waiting Game Exacting a Growing Price From Its Economy
The economy is showing signs of a slowdown at a time when there’s no effective government to address it
Opinion In Iran, It's Not the Economy, Stupid
The protests and headline data give the impression things are falling apart, but the economy is actually quite resilient
Opinion When Is a West Bank Product Made in Israel? When Settlers Say So
The EU ruling on labeling settlement products elicited a hysterical reaction from the Israeli right, which wants to pretend there is no border between Israel and the occupied territories
Opinion Time Is Running Out to Fight for Haredi Jobs and Education
New statistics show that the ultra-Orthodox minority is growing fast: Israel can’t afford to let them stay mired in unemployment and poverty
Opinion In a Warming World, Is Aramco Worth a Cool $2 Trillion?
Probably not, but Saudi investors are being given a compelling case to pony up for the oil giant’s stock at whatever price the crown prince wants
Opinion International Monetary Fund Report Inadvertently Debunks Myth of Economic Peace in Mideast
Report released Monday shows the Middle East to be an economic shambles, but as far as Israel is concerned, it could be happening on another planet. They don't want us and we don’t need them
Opinion For Lebanon’s Leaders, Reforms Are the Last Priority
The people in power who created the crisis have too much invested in the system to abandon it in the face of mass protests, and they have no plans of leaving