Bibliograph

The mystery of the Kibbutz, egalitarian principles in a capitalist world, Ran Abramitzky

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The mystery of the Kibbutz, egalitarian principles in a capitalist world, Ran Abramitzky

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-323) and index

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illustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The mystery of the Kibbutz

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1005097904

Responsibility statement

Ran Abramitzky

Series statement

The Princeton economic history of the western world

Sub title

egalitarian principles in a capitalist world

Table Of Contents

Introduction : The kibbutz puzzle -- Part I. The rise. How my grandparents helped create a kibbutz -- A bird's-eye view -- Why an economist might create a kibbutz -- Part II. The survival. On the creation versus survival of societies -- The free-rider problem -- The adverse selection and brain drain problems -- The problem of human capital investment -- Part III. The fall. The shift away from equal sharing -- Why some kibbutzim remained egalitarian and others did not -- The consequences of rising income inequality -- On the (lack of) stability of communes : an economic perspective -- Economic lessons in a nutshell -- Epilogue -- Kibbutz timeline

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