Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION: The kibbutz puzzle 1
4. PART I. THE RISE
5. CHAPTER 1. How my grandparents helped create a kibbutz 21
6. CHAPTER 2. A bird’s-eye view 39
7. CHAPTER 3: Why an economist might create a kibbutz 59
8. PART II. THE SURVIVAL
9. CHAPTER 4. On the creation versus survival of societies 79
10. CHAPTER 5. The free- rider problem 87
11. CHAPTER 6. The adverse selection and brain drain problems 105
12. CHAPTER 7. The problem of human capital investment 161
13. PART III. THE FALL
14. CHAPTER 8. The shift away from equal sharing 181
15. CHAPTER 9. Why some kibbutzim remained egalitarian and others did not 198
16. CHAPTER 10. The consequences of rising income inequality 224
17. CHAPTER 11. On the (lack of) stability of communes: an economic perspective 250
18. CHAPTER 12. Economic lessons in a nutshell 283
19. CHAPTER 13. Epilogue 292
20. Kibbutz timeline 297
21. Acknowledgments 301
22. References 305
23. Index 325