Economy of Israel

Part 1: the tenets of Zionism; Israel - some descriptive data; a political guide - 1917-1959; an economic chronology - 1948-1958; national income, balance of payments and capital formation; the Histadruth; foreign exchange controls; the cost-of-living index; price and physical controls; six central themes; the non-farming sectors; the money market; agriculture; policy; irrigation. Part 2: the five standards of the IL; the Israeli concept of value-added; the structure of the foreign currency controls; the aims of the foreign currency controls; a classification of exchange rates; Tozereth Haaretz; imports - general considerations, imports below the "average rate", punitive "rates" for "institutions", imports above the "average rate"; exports - the size of the export earnings, unused export potential, unrequited (visible) exports, clearing-dollars; devaluation. Part 3: a summary; multiple rates and political democracy; Israel and other under-developed countries; a glimpse into Israel's future; appendices.Rubner, Alex is the author of 'Economy of Israel' with ISBN 9780714612492 and ISBN 0714612499.