Pinchas Landau writes about Israeli and Global economics, finance and politics
November 6, 2015
Many rich Israelis are looking to invest in real-estate overseas, primarily in the US. A conference in Tel Aviv last week offered insights and guidance in how to go about doing this in a sensible way — and some of the speakers even acknowledged the risks involved and tried to show how to minimize them.
October 23, 2015
Anti-immigrant sentiment is surging in both Europe and the US — despite Europe’s objective need for immigrants and America’s ‘melting-pot’ ideology and history. Why has rationality gone out the window — and why does everyone ignore Israel, the country of immigrants par excellence?
October 23, 2015
Israel is one of the leading players in the rapidly developing field of cyber, in both the civilian and military spheres. Cyber exports already exceed conventional defence exports
October 16, 2015
Yet again, the terror on the streets is having no impact on the Israeli financial system. The shekel’s strength reflects the strong economy — and actually has more to do with global developments than with local ones
October 16, 2015
Is the loss of American hegemony in world affairs a cause or result of the decline of the dollar? And will the dollar soon lose its role as the world’s reserve currency — and plunge in value? Or are there grounds to expect the dollar’s value to actually rise sharply?
October 9, 2015
Money is pouring out of emerging economies, on a scale not seen since Chinese industrialization took off a generation ago. The world’s financial elite, gathering in Lima for the annual IMF/ World Bank meetings, is very worried — and with good cause.