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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2015, 10:27 AM Mar 2015

Wealth gap may be Bibi’s downfall, says NYT’s Paul Krugman:

Wealth gap may be Bibi’s downfall, says NYT’s Paul Krugman:

“Israel is now right up there with America as one of the most unequal societies in the advanced world. And Israel’s experience shows that this matters, that extreme inequality has a corrosive effect on social and political life.”

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/opinion/paul-krugman-israels-gilded-age.html?referrer=

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Wealth gap may be Bibi’s downfall, says NYT’s Paul Krugman: (Original Post) Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

UhOh...corporate conservatives and security staters might be rethinking Bibi TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #1

Remember when Israel was famous for kibbutzes? Those days are long gone I guess. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #2

TheKentuckian

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1. UhOh...corporate conservatives and security staters might be rethinking Bibi

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2015, 11:08 AM

Mar 2015

based on that, anyone who is good for funneling wealth to the top and starting wars can't really be all that bad to their eyes.

ND-Dem

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2. Remember when Israel was famous for kibbutzes? Those days are long gone I guess.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2015, 11:09 AM

Mar 2015

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