In our Applied Economics course, we were honored to host a distinguished guest speaker: Dr. Baudot-Trajtenberg Nadine who is the former deputy governor of the Bank of Israel, and today she is a faculty member of the Tiomkin School of Economics at Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).


Dr. Baudot-Trajtenberg gave a superb presentation of the workings and policy led by the Bank of Israel before and after Covid-19 pandemic and have opened a window to our students to understand how a central bank works, not from the textbook but from real life.

The students were so Impressed and interested that they all came to thank her for her talk, and we took this lovely picture! Thank you so much Dr. Baudot-Trajtenberg Nadine for sharing your vast knowledge and experience with our students!

Ari Schlesinger Daniel Halfon Noam Zetouni Adi Zetouni Ada Ottolenghi Gabrielle Penn Omer Bini
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Four brave young students Adi Zetouni Noam Zetouni Gabrielle Penn Yael Rebish volunteered to be the very first student presenters of the Economics policy seminar meeting. They were asked to study and present to their classmates the report of the Alaluf committee that advised the government how poverty in Israel can be reduced. Today we met in zoom to review their work before their big presentation on the class stage tomorrow.
They are hard workers and I am looking forward to their presentation tomorrow!!!

It is great to start the year at the IDC Herzliya – RRIS Reichman University (IDC Herzliya)

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Yesterday I posted here about the 4 students Adi Zetouni Noam Zetouni Gabrielle Penn Yael Rebish who met with me in zoom to prepare for their presentation….

Well today they gave a FANTASTIC presentation in which they explained to the class in great detail about the multidimensional aspects of poverty and how the government can help.

They discussed policies to encourage education, to reduce the cost of health, to encourage employment, to improve accessibility to various services. They have studied extensively the report of the Alaluf committee to fight poverty, and they have researched outside sources to support their analysis of the proposed policies. All in all the gave a stellar presentation which also prepared the class for our distinguished guest speaker, Prof. Joseph Zeira, who was a member of the Alaluf committee and an expert in macroeconomics, economic growth, and income inequality.

Prof. Zeira gave the most fascinating story of the Israeli economy in numbers, and explained to the class how the reduction of public expenditures have led to increased poverty in Israel. Prof. Zeira published a book about the Israeli economy recently, and we were fortunate to receive wonderful insights from his new book.

Prof. Zeira story of the Israeli economy in numbers, steered the students interest and they asked him many questions. I thank prof. Zeira for sharing his vast knowledge with my students!!

It is wonderful to see our student become young professionals in front of our eyes.

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