TY - BOOK AU - Gilder,George F. TI - The Israel test: why the world's most beseiged state is a beacon of freedom and hope for the world economy SN - 9781594036125 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HB74.P65 G55 2012 U1 - 330.95694 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Encounter Books KW - Economics KW - Political aspects KW - Israel KW - Antisemitism KW - Economic aspects KW - Arab-Israeli conflict KW - Economic conditions KW - 21st century KW - Ethnic relations N1 - Includes index; The central issue -- Tale of the bell curve -- The economics of settlement -- The Palestinian economy -- The economics of hate -- The archetype and the algorithm -- Hidden light -- Peace now -- Games of war and holiness -- The central importance of Benjamin Netanyahu -- Land for war -- Time for the test -- Afterword: my own Israel test ER -