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

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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Autor principal: Abramitzky, Ran (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t Contents --  |t INTRODUCTION: The kibbutz puzzle --  |t PART I. THE RISE --  |t CHAPTER 1. How my grandparents helped create a kibbutz --  |t CHAPTER 2. A bird's-eye view --  |t CHAPTER 3: Why an economist might create a kibbutz --  |t PART II. THE SURVIVAL --  |t CHAPTER 4. On the creation versus survival of societies --  |t CHAPTER 5. The free- rider problem --  |t CHAPTER 6. The adverse selection and brain drain problems --  |t CHAPTER 7. The problem of human capital investment --  |t PART III. THE FALL --  |t CHAPTER 8. The shift away from equal sharing --  |t CHAPTER 9. Why some kibbutzim remained egalitarian and others did not --  |t CHAPTER 10. The consequences of rising income inequality --  |t CHAPTER 11. On the (lack of) stability of communes: an economic perspective --  |t CHAPTER 12. Economic lessons in a nutshell --  |t CHAPTER 13. Epilogue --  |t Kibbutz timeline --  |t Acknowledgments --  |t References --  |t Index. 
520 |a 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 strong incentives to free ride or--as in the case of the most educated and skilled--to depart for the city. Yet for much of the twentieth century kibbutzim thrived, and kibbutz life was perceived as idyllic both by members and the outside world. In The Mystery of the Kibbutz, Ran Abramitzky blends economic perspectives with personal insights to examine how kibbutzim successfully maintained equal sharing for so long despite their inherent incentive problems. Weaving the story of his own family's experiences as kibbutz members with extensive economic and historical data, Abramitzky sheds light on the idealism and historic circumstances that helped kibbutzim overcome their economic contradictions. He illuminates how the design of kibbutzim met the challenges of thriving as enclaves in a capitalist world and evaluates kibbutzim's success at sustaining economic equality. By drawing on extensive historical data and the stories of his pioneering grandmother who founded a kibbutz, his uncle who remained in a kibbutz his entire adult life, and his mother who was raised in and left the kibbutz, Abramitzky brings to life the rise and fall of the kibbutz movement. The lessons that The Mystery of the Kibbutz draws from this unique social experiment extend far beyond the kibbutz gates, serving as a guide to societies that strive to foster economic and social equality. 
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