Last Monday saw The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences from the Nobel Institute granted to Israeli-American professor and economist Joshua Angrist, alongside two others Guido Imbens and David Card. The trio was awarded the esteemed prize for pioneering the use of “natural experiments” or real-life situations, to understand the causal relationship between economic policy and…
Three months ago, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, set a global standard focusing on nature-based solutions to manage ecological crises and climate change. The mission is to use nature to mitigate the effects of climate change and create natural solutions to flooding, extreme heat, or endangerment of wildlife. In perusing…
A recent study found that Israel’s hi-tech industry, while made up of over 335,000 people, is led by about 20,000 people, or 6%. The study by Sparks Consulting shows that Israel has done a stellar job marketing itself as the startup nation, and its position as a tech giant is valid; however, only a handful…
Since the Abraham Accords were signed by the United Arab Emirates in 2020, trade deals between Israel and the signed Arab states have skyrocketed. According to numbers from the Central Bureau of Statistics, trade with the UAE grew by 234% in the first seven months of 2021, compared to the first seven months of 2020.…
In a bid for what may become the largest solar energy field in Israel, nine proposals from 11 companies have been submitted to the Finance and Energy Ministries. The new project comes on Israel’s immediate need to reduce greenhouse gases, and increase its renewable energy use, and Energy Minister Karin Elharrar says that “The Israeli…
