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While Israeli leaders are portraying the Israeli economy as strong among
global recession, the growth they are boasting is based on short-term
neoliberal reforms such as mass privatizations and corporate tax cuts.
The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky spoke to economist Shir Hever about
Israel’s gross economic disparities and the state of the economy.