Stock indexes and prices displayed in the lobby of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Join us on May 21 for a webinar on the state of Israel's economy post-October 7th.
Thursday, May 21, 202611:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Pacific Time)Webinar
11:30 AM Pacific / 2:30 PM Eastern / 19:30 UK / 21:30 Israel–Palestine
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Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.
About the Program
Ever since October 7, 2023, Israel has been in a state of war on several fronts at once. Yet the Israeli economy has so far performed remarkably well at the macro level. A “miracle”? Not quite. The “micro” has been deeply affected, and the real costs are just starting to be felt. In this webinar, Professor Emeritus Manuel Trajtenberg will discuss the inner strengths as well as the vulnerabilities of the Israeli economy in the wake of the war, and their implications for the future. He will also dwell on the wider economic implications for the region and beyond, as well as on the changing nature of asymmetric warfare that turns the home front and the economy into main targets.
About the Speakers
Manuel Trajtenberg is Professor Emeritus at the Tel Aviv University Berglas School of Economics (Ph.D. Harvard University). He has held senior public positions in Israel including: Chairman of the National Economic Council at the Prime Minister’s Office; Chairman of the Budgeting and Planning Committee of the Council for Higher Education; Chairman of the government Committee for Social and Economic Change following the mass social protests of 2011; and Member of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, for the Labor party. Later on, he served as the Executive Director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). Trajtenberg is currently a visiting senior researcher at the INSS, as well as a faculty member at the Mandel Foundation for Leadership in Education. Trajtenberg is widely regarded as a highly influential public figure in Israel in the economic and social arena, as well as in security and geopolitical matters.
Stuart A. Gabriel (moderator) is a Distinguished Professor of Finance and Arden Realty Chair at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is also the director of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. His research focuses on topics of real estate finance and economics, housing and mortgage markets, urban and regional economics, and macroeconomics. Gabriel previously served on the economics staff of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., and as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He has published more than 80 articles in economics and finance journals and serves on the editorial boards of seven academic journals.
DISCLAIMER: The views or opinions of our guest speakers and the content of their presentations do not necessarily reflect the views of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Hosting speakers does not constitute an endorsement of the speaker's views or opinions.