The Mystery of the Kibbutz : Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World /

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How the kibbutz movement thrived despite its inherent economic contradictions and why it eventually declinedThe kibbutz is a social experiment in collective living that challenges traditional economic theory. By sharing all income and resources equally among its members, the kibbutz system created s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abramitzky, Ran (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ; 73
Temas:
Basic income.
Income distribution.
Kibbutzim > Economic aspects.
Kibbutzim.
HISTORY / Jewish.
Adverse selection.
Agriculture (Chinese mythology).
Agriculture.
Aliyah.
Anecdotal evidence.
Apartment.
Bagrut.
Capitalism.
Communism.
Competition.
Consideration.
Debt.
Developed country.
Econometrics.
Economic forces.
Economic growth.
Economic inequality.
Economics.
Economist.
Economy.
Employment.
Epigraph (literature).
Exit rate.
Financial crisis.
Free rider problem.
Grandparent.
Health insurance.
Higher education.
Household.
Human capital flight.
Human capital.
Hutterite.
Ideology.
Incentive.
Income equality.
Income.
Industrialisation.
Information asymmetry.
Institution.
Insurance.
Israel.
Israeli Declaration of Independence.
Israeli Jews.
Israelis.
Jewish history.
Jews.
Job security.
Just society.
Kibbutz Movement.
Kibbutz.
Kolkhoz.
Kvutza.
Laborer.
Lock-in (decision-making).
Meal.
Middle East.
Moral hazard.
Moshav.
Mutual aid (emergency services).
Mutual aid (organization theory).
Nazi Germany.
Negba.
Nuclear family.
Opportunity cost.
Palmach.
Persecution.
Poverty.
Prediction.
Princeton University Press.
Privatization.
Residence.
Richard Posner.
Safety net.
Salary.
Saving.
Self-sufficiency.
Sharing.
Small business.
Standard of living.
State school.
Supply (economics).
Tax rate.
Tax.
Tel Aviv.
The Other Hand.
Third Aliyah.
To This Day.
Trade-off.
Unemployment.
Utopian socialism.
Voluntary Socialism.
Wage.
Wealth.
Welfare state.
Welfare.
Work ethic.
Workforce.
World War II.
Year.
Zionism.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION: The kibbutz puzzle
  • PART I. THE RISE
  • CHAPTER 1. How my grandparents helped create a kibbutz
  • CHAPTER 2. A bird's-eye view
  • CHAPTER 3: Why an economist might create a kibbutz
  • PART II. THE SURVIVAL
  • CHAPTER 4. On the creation versus survival of societies
  • CHAPTER 5. The free- rider problem
  • CHAPTER 6. The adverse selection and brain drain problems
  • CHAPTER 7. The problem of human capital investment
  • PART III. THE FALL
  • CHAPTER 8. The shift away from equal sharing
  • CHAPTER 9. Why some kibbutzim remained egalitarian and others did not
  • CHAPTER 10. The consequences of rising income inequality
  • CHAPTER 11. On the (lack of) stability of communes: an economic perspective
  • CHAPTER 12. Economic lessons in a nutshell
  • CHAPTER 13. Epilogue
  • Kibbutz timeline
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index

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