TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abramitzky,Ran
TI  - The Mystery of the Kibbutz: Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World 
T2  - The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
SN  - 9780691177533
AV  - HX742.2.A3 A27 2018
U1  - 331.2/36 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Basic income
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Kibbutzim
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - HISTORY / Jewish
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Adverse selection
KW  - Agriculture (Chinese mythology)
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Aliyah
KW  - Anecdotal evidence
KW  - Apartment
KW  - Bagrut
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Communism
KW  - Competition
KW  - Consideration
KW  - Debt
KW  - Developed country
KW  - Econometrics
KW  - Economic forces
KW  - Economic growth
KW  - Economic inequality
KW  - Economics
KW  - Economist
KW  - Economy
KW  - Employment
KW  - Epigraph (literature)
KW  - Exit rate
KW  - Financial crisis
KW  - Free rider problem
KW  - Grandparent
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Higher education
KW  - Household
KW  - Human capital flight
KW  - Human capital
KW  - Hutterite
KW  - Ideology
KW  - Incentive
KW  - Income equality
KW  - Income
KW  - Industrialisation
KW  - Information asymmetry
KW  - Institution
KW  - Insurance
KW  - Israel
KW  - Israeli Declaration of Independence
KW  - Israeli Jews
KW  - Israelis
KW  - Jewish history
KW  - Jews
KW  - Job security
KW  - Just society
KW  - Kibbutz Movement
KW  - Kibbutz
KW  - Kolkhoz
KW  - Kvutza
KW  - Laborer
KW  - Lock-in (decision-making)
KW  - Meal
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Moral hazard
KW  - Moshav
KW  - Mutual aid (emergency services)
KW  - Mutual aid (organization theory)
KW  - Nazi Germany
KW  - Negba
KW  - Nuclear family
KW  - Opportunity cost
KW  - Palmach
KW  - Persecution
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Privatization
KW  - Residence
KW  - Richard Posner
KW  - Safety net
KW  - Salary
KW  - Saving
KW  - Self-sufficiency
KW  - Sharing
KW  - Small business
KW  - Standard of living
KW  - State school
KW  - Supply (economics)
KW  - Tax rate
KW  - Tax
KW  - Tel Aviv
KW  - The Other Hand
KW  - Third Aliyah
KW  - To This Day
KW  - Trade-off
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - Utopian socialism
KW  - Voluntary Socialism
KW  - Wage
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - Welfare
KW  - Work ethic
KW  - Workforce
KW  - World War II
KW  - Year
KW  - Zionism
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; INTRODUCTION: The kibbutz puzzle --; PART I. THE RISE --; CHAPTER 1. How my grandparents helped create a kibbutz --; CHAPTER 2. A bird’s-eye view --; CHAPTER 3: Why an economist might create a kibbutz --; PART II. THE SURVIVAL --; CHAPTER 4. On the creation versus survival of societies --; CHAPTER 5. The free- rider problem --; CHAPTER 6. The adverse selection and brain drain problems --; CHAPTER 7. The problem of human capital investment --; PART III. THE FALL --; CHAPTER 8. The shift away from equal sharing --; CHAPTER 9. Why some kibbutzim remained egalitarian and others did not --; CHAPTER 10. The consequences of rising income inequality --; CHAPTER 11. On the (lack of) stability of communes: an economic perspective --; CHAPTER 12. Economic lessons in a nutshell --; CHAPTER 13. Epilogue --; Kibbutz timeline --; Acknowledgments --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - How the kibbutz movement thrived despite its inherent economic contradictions and why it eventually declinedThe kibbutz is a social experiment in collective living that challenges traditional economic theory. By sharing all income and resources equally among its members, the kibbutz system created strong incentives to free ride or—as in the case of the most educated and skilled—to depart for the city. Yet for much of the twentieth century kibbutzim thrived, and kibbutz life was perceived as idyllic both by members and the outside world. In The Mystery of the Kibbutz, Ran Abramitzky blends economic perspectives with personal insights to examine how kibbutzim successfully maintained equal sharing for so long despite their inherent incentive problems.Weaving the story of his own family’s experiences as kibbutz members with extensive economic and historical data, Abramitzky sheds light on the idealism and historic circumstances that helped kibbutzim overcome their economic contradictions. He illuminates how the design of kibbutzim met the challenges of thriving as enclaves in a capitalist world and evaluates kibbutzim’s success at sustaining economic equality. By drawing on extensive historical data and the stories of his pioneering grandmother who founded a kibbutz, his uncle who remained in a kibbutz his entire adult life, and his mother who was raised in and left the kibbutz, Abramitzky brings to life the rise and fall of the kibbutz movement.The lessons that The Mystery of the Kibbutz draws from this unique social experiment extend far beyond the kibbutz gates, serving as a guide to societies that strive to foster economic and social equality
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400888153?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400888153
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400888153/original
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