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Source: http://opinionjournal.com/columnists/kstrassel/?id=110004755
Netanyahu Gives Israel a Taste of Milton Friedman
(Wall Street Journal) Kimberley A. Strassel - The land once labeled the "last remaining socialist state in Eastern Europe" has seen its governing coalition embark on what could be the most important economic reform in the country's history. Finance Minister Netanyahu has tackled economic reform with the zeal and single-mindedness that has marked his career, cutting government expenditures, welfare entitlements, and public-sector jobs while seeking to lower taxes and jump-start a stalled privatization program.