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Israel’s Demographic Time Bomb: Prof. Dan Ben-David on the Economic and Educational Crisis
In this episode of the Tel Aviv Diary Podcast, I speak with economist Professor Dan Ben-David, head of the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research, about what he sees as the long-term trends threatening Israel’s future—and why the coming election may represent a rare opportunity to change course.
Ben-David lays out some stark numbers. Roughly half of Israel’s children, he argues, are receiving an education that will leave them unable to sustain a modern developed economy. Only a small portion of the workforce drives Israel’s extraordinary high-tech economy, while a relatively narrow…
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