1.0Samuel Neaman Institutehttps://neaman.org.il/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OoeZi80Syg"><a href="https://neaman.org.il/en/do-deficits-matter/">Do Deficits Matter?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://neaman.org.il/en/do-deficits-matter/embed/#?secret=OoeZi80Syg" width="600" height="338" title="“Do Deficits Matter?” — Samuel Neaman Institute" data-secret="OoeZi80Syg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://neaman.org.il/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://neaman.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Do-Deficits-Matter_20210128100939.770.png943748Israel’s Finance Ministry recently announced that massive government spending during the 2020 pandemic generated a huge leak in the budget bucket. Do deficits matter? Should the government have spent more? Or less? Who will pay for the added debt? How does Israel compare to other countries? In this article Prof. Shlomo Maital explores these issues […]