Israel's economy was once envisioned as a Socialist utopia, controlled by the socialist labor union Histadrut. However, in the 1990s, the government nationalized health insurance and eliminated Histadrut's control, transitioning to a market economy. Today, Israel is renowned as a fast-paced "start-up nation," where innovation plays a key role in its economic success.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:29 Socialist roots
02:45 The Histadrut
03:14 The Conflict
03:41 Demographic change
04:12 Near economic collapse / recovery
05:22 Economic damage from war
06:10 Soviet Jewish immigration
07:02 Health insurance nationalization
07:37 Market economy
09:02 Necessary Israeli innovation
10:11 Investment in hi-tech
10:34 Unequal distribution of wealth / cost of living
10:56 2011 Cottage cheese boycott / tent protests
12:47 Government reforms
12:59 Cost of living stats

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Executive Producers:
— Debra Klein
— Avi Naider
— Jerry Ostrov
— Barry Skolnick

Gold Level:
— Blavatnik Family Foundation
— The Associated’s Insight Israel Forum
— The Crane Foundation
— Aimee & Jerry Ostrov
— Skolnick Family Charitable Trust

Silver Level:
— Sig and Miriam Feiger Family Foundation
— The Messinger Family Charitable Fund
— Rachie and Jon Teller

Bronze Level:
— The Bernstein Family Foundation
— Jewish Federation of Broward County
— Betsy and Philip Darivoff
— Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
— JCRC of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
— Marilyn and Neville Isaacson
— Corie and Michael Koss
— Steve Miller
— Pamela Rose
— Kim and Perry Shwachman
— Marci and Andrew Spitzer

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Image and footage credits:

Artgrid
Associated Press
BBC
Yossi Brauman
Carmel Newsreel
Channel 2, Israel
Ford
Fox
Gadfin Aero-Logistics Systems
German Federal Archive
Globes
HaAretz
Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc.
Hasbro
Historical Jewish Press website – www.jpress.org.il – founded by the National Library and Tel Aviv University
Histradrut
IDF and Defense Establishment Archives
IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Insider Inc.
International Film Foundation
Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque
Israeli Government Press Office: Teddy Brauner, Fritz Cohen, David Eldan, Zoltan Kluger, Moshe Pridan, Hans Pinn
Israel Hayom
Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ITN
The Jerusalem Post
Jewish National Fund
Kan Archive
The Knesset Channel
Meta Platforms, Inc.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Morning Star
Dan Hadani Collection and Meitar Collection, The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, The National Library of Israel
An Israel Archives Network (IAN) project, accessible thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Arda Archives - the photography department at the Land of Israel Museum, the Oded Yarkoni Historical Archives-Petach Tikva, Yad Yitzchak ben Zvi, the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage and the National Library of Israel.
Nadav Mann, BITMUNA_Gra collection from Dr. Shulamit Gera and Shmuel Dayan collection from Zohar Betzer. The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, The National Library of Israel
Janus Films
Liron Lahiani
Le Silla
Newspapers.com: Arizona Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Sacramento Bee, Statesman Journal
The New York Times
Paramount
Percepto
Peretz Car Style
Pixabay
Roy Export S.A.S.
David Shankbone
SkyX Systems Corp
The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
Storyblocks
Tara
Tnuva
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Vice Media, Inc.
Warner Bros.
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