Tag: Economics
Biden names top economics picks, both Jewish: Janet Yellen, Jared Bernstein
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced on Monday that he will nominate former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen to be secretary of the Treasury.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Yellen, who is Jewish, would...
Jewish American shares Nobel Prize in economics
A Jewish American economist was one of two winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in economics for studying how auctions work, announced the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday.
Paul Milgrom, along with American...
Thinking Seriously While There Is Still Time: Classical Economic Wisdom at the Eleventh Hour
“The rich man glories in his riches, because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world….At the thought of this, his heart seems to swell and dilate itself within...
Greenblatt joins Israeli OurCrowd as partner for building Mideast relations
Jason Greenblatt, the former U.S. special envoy to the Middle East in the Trump administration, has joined OurCrowd, a large venture-capital investment company in Israel, as a partner whose responsibility is building ties with...
Ahead of Bahrain summit, Trump’s top Mideast envoy reveals insights in peace plan
It has been a busy week for Middle Eastern affairs. Israel announced the establishment of “Trump Heights” in the Golan, Iran has announced it will soon achieve higher uranium enrichment levels, and the United...