The evidence strongly suggests that the numbers of causalities reported by Hamas ministry of health are fake.
-----
Teaching During My Sabbatical in UCSD 2023-23:
The Israeli Economy (ECON 168)
Brief syllabus: This course explores economic processes that shape the Israeli economy. Topics include historical background about Israel, the Israeli economic growth, the economic costs of the Israel-Arab conflict, natural resources in Israel, the Israeli high-tech sector, and current challenges in the Israeli economy (such as, discrimination). We will try to take an applied approach and discuss day-to-day economic issues using economic theory. The Israeli economy is interesting as an economic success story, and as a great case study to discuss economic issues like economic growth, inequality, labor market and international trade. Course Prerequisites: ECON 1 and ECON 3.
Link to detailed Syllabus + mandatory assignments Spring 2023
Links to Presentations:
1) Introduction
3) Growth of the Israeli Economy
4) The Economic costs of the Israeli-Arab Conflict (+ Prof. Abu-Qarn's slides on this topic)
5) Natural resources in Israel
6) The Israeli hi-tech (+ Prof. Berman's slides on this topic)
Recommended book: The start-up nation book, Dan Senor and Saul Singer (ebook access through UCSD library).
7) Current challenges in the Israeli economy
Links to practice exam questions: Questions without solutions, questions with solutions, example of a bubble sheet.
Link to final exam of spring 2023: With solutions: version A, version B.
Link to mid-term exam of spring 2023: With solutions: version A, version B. Without solutions: version A, version B.
Links to the mid-term exam of winter 2023: With solutions: version A, version B. Without solutions: version A, version B.
Links to final exam from winter 2023: With solutions: version A, version B. Without solutions: version A, version B.
Links to the mid-term exam from fall 2022: With solutions: version A, version B. Without solutions: version A, version B.
Links to final exam from fall 2022: With solutions: version A, version B. Without solutions: version A, version B.
Main textbook (ebook access through UCSD library):
The Israeli Economy: A Story of Success and Costs, UCSD ebook access, Joseph Zeira (Princeton, 2021).
Additional reading material is described in the detailed Syllabus.
Guest lecturers: The course will include special talks of a subset of the following distinguished experts on the Israeli economy (each speaker kindly presents in 1-3 of the quarters in which the course is taught):
Prof. Aamer S. Abu-Qarn (Ben-Gurion University): Economic analysis of the Israeli-Arab conflict (Prof. Abu-Qarn's slides).
Prof. Ron Berman (Wharton Business School): The Israeli Hi-Tech (Prof. Berman's slides).
Mr. Omer Fein (head of the Israeli Economic & Trade Mission to the West Coast)
Prof. Tamar Hofnung (UCLA): Diversity and discrimination in Israel
Prof. Omer Moav (Reichman U. & Warwick U.): Economic public debate in Israel.
Prof. Labib Shami (Western Galilee College and Taub Center): Macroeconomic trends in the Israeli Economy.
Prof. Avi Simhon (Hebrew University): The Israeli Economy and its current makeup
Prof. Eytan Sheshinski (Hebrew University): Natural resources in Israel
Mr. Michael Shpigelmacher (Founder & CEO at Bionaut Labs): Personal perspective on the Israeli hi-tech
Prof. Joseph Zeira (Hebrew University): Israel in 2022: 4 decisions and 2 dilemmas