Opinion Haredi Poverty: The Same Threat in Both New York and Israel
The controversy over secular studies in the state’s yeshivas are the tip of an economic iceberg
David Rosenberg
Analysis OPEC: The Monster That Never Was
Qatar’s decision to leave the cartel shows how little power the once-feared organization actually has over the oil market
Opinion Just What Does Israel Need Ties With Chad For?
Or with other Muslim countries in fact? Not very much. The political benefits are usually minimal and the prospects for doing business even poorer
Analysis The Bank of Israel Just Voted Against Bibi
The timing of the Israeli central bank's first rate hike in seven years is strange and there's no clear economic case for it: The bank seems to have been sending a political message
Opinion Wall Street Comes to Grips With the Mess Trump Has Wrought
Selloff on the Street signals that the U.S. economy may be brisk now but has pretty poor prospects, and the man in the White House isn’t up to dealing with them.
Opinion Airbnb's Ban on Israeli Settlements Is Big Win for BDS, Not Necessarily for anti-Semites
It won't even scratch the Israeli economy, or even that of the settlements, but it did drive the government into hysterics
Opinion Early Elections in Israel: It’s Not Just Hamas, Stupid
Bibi has retained his hold on power thanks to a strong economy. He should be grateful to Lieberman for forcing an election before it all goes bust
Opinion Israel Won't Bounce Back From Double Whammy of Missile War and Budget Deficit
While Irone Dome shows its holes, another war is being fought between Israel's economists and the Finance Ministry
Opinion The Democrats Didn't Win Big, and It's the Trump Economy That Hurt Them
The most emotional issues of the campaign – immigration, racism and Trump himself – took a backseat to bread and butter. In 2020, things may look a lot different
Opinion Iran Sanctions Are a Trump Tower That Could Easily Collapse
From the outside, Trump's sanctions look like a mighty edifice but I wouldn't buy a condo in that ill-planned building
Opinion American anti-Semitism Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
It’s a marginal phenomenon whose presence and power is inflated by social media and guns. The reality is Jews are so accepted they are intermarrying at record numbers
Opinion Power-guzzling Bitcoin Is Making the World Dangerously Hotter, Dangerously Fast
A new report projects that cryptocurrencies will jack up world heat by 2 degrees in 20 years, further evidence that the libertarian dreams of bitcoin enthusiasts are way off the mark
Mohammed Bin Salman’s Dangerous World of Alternative Facts
The Saudi prince not only talks as if someone else killed Jamal Khashoggi but that the Middle East is marching toward a glorious future
Opinion Will Saudi Arabia Commit Economic Suicide Just to Save the Crown Prince's Skin?
Imposing an oil embargo to punish the world for disrespecting Riyadh is economically and politically foolish, but Mohammad bin Salman may be so powerful that the decision will revolve around him
Opinion Brace for Cold War 2.0: Trump’s China Offensive Isn’t Just About Trade
And as the conflict mushrooms, Israel could easily find itself having to make some uneasy choices
Opinion Saudi Arabia Discovers That Reform and Murder Don’t Go Well Together
Global companies have no choice but to react to the alleged killing of Jamal Khashoggi and would rather get back to business, but the Saudis aren't what they once were any more
Opinion Israel’s ‘1984’ Moment in the War Against BDS
The boycott movement has done no harm of any consequence to Israel, but it seems some people need a deadly enemy
Startup Palestine: It Could Happen, With Israeli Help
Tech offers a way out of the West Bank and Gaza’s economic misery, if their leaders get their mind off other things and the BDS movement stops meddling
Opinion Using Israel's Technological Prowess to Make the World a Worse Place
As Merkel’s visit to Israel shows, Israel's innovative abilities are turning it into a global power – that can afford to ignore the Palestinians
Opinion Egypt, Economic Miracle or Basket Case on the Nile?
Cairo's made-to-order economy for plutocrats has done far less for ordinary Egyptians, and that’s a dangerous development