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Dan Ben-David

Professor Dan Ben-David (Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago) founded and heads the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research and is a senior faculty member in the Department of Public Policy at Tel-Aviv University. He is the former executive director of the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies. Professor Ben-David was named “Person of the Year” by the Calcalist newspaper and was included three times in the TheMarker newspaper’s annual list of Israel’s 100 most influential people (most recently in December 2019). His academic research placed him among the ten most cited economists in Israel (and among the 1,000 most cited academic economists in the world) during the years 1990-2000. Professor Dan Ben-David has twice received Tel-Aviv University’s “Best Teacher Award” in the Social Sciences.
Arab and Jewish high school students on the first day of school

Wake-up time: Israeli Society’s Moment of Truth - opinion

An opportunity has arisen for the various sides to begin seriously addressing Israel’s existential problems, if they only wake up and understand that the present needs to be fixed through the lens of creating a viable future.

MARCH 30, 2021
Knesset coronavirus committee meets to discuss ongoing regulations in Israel, July 19, 2020

Wanted: A total change of mindset to eradicate COVID-19 in Israel

Israel is still feeling its way through the darkness of its bureaucratic tunnel vision.

JULY 22, 2020
Hospital bed in Hadassah Ein Kerem

Coronavirus: When Israel’s 'everything will be ok' mindset hits the fan

Israel lost its way in recent decades and enabled a free fall in the number of hospital beds per capita.

APRIL 3, 2020

Coronavirus: When Israel’s 'everything will be ok' mindset hits the fan

Israel lost its way in recent decades and enabled a free fall in the number of hospital beds per capita.

APRIL 3, 2020
Magen David Adom worker wearing protective gear against the coronavirus in Israel

Coronavirus: When Israel’s 'everything will be ok' mindset hits the fan

Israel lost its way in recent decades and enabled a free fall in the number of hospital beds per capita.

APRIL 3, 2020
Hospital bed in Hadassah Ein Kerem

Israel is in need of massive education reform

Social Affairs: Israel’s lethal brew is deficient education and demographics.

DECEMBER 5, 2019
HALF OF Israel’s children are receiving a third-world education – and they belong to the country’s fastest-growing population groups

Changing the discourse: A primer for Israel's upcoming elections

While nearly all of the serious election-related attention in Israel tends to focus on national security issues, that fundamental concept has come to encompass far more than most are aware of.

APRIL 9, 2019
Dan Ben-David

Dear Brits...

An open letter from a confused friend and colleague.

JUNE 4, 2007
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