Ronen Mandelkern
@mandelkern.bsky.social
Political economist
@TelAvivUni
Neoliberalism; Macroeconomic Policy; Welfare State; Privatization; Economists; Ideas & Institutions
https://sites.google.com/view/ronenmandelkern
https://sites.google.com/view/pen-workshop
@TelAvivUni
Neoliberalism; Macroeconomic Policy; Welfare State; Privatization; Economists; Ideas & Institutions
https://sites.google.com/view/ronenmandelkern
https://sites.google.com/view/pen-workshop
What links the recent Israeli government attacks against its Attorney General and the new Leadership Institute Israeli branch? Or Asher and I answer that in a new paper in @PoPpublicsphere on the ideological shift of Israel's Right- a 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Diaspora–Local Cooperation as a Driver of Ideological Change: The Ascendance of American Conservatism in Israel | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Diaspora–Local Cooperation as a Driver of Ideological Change: The Ascendance of American Conservatism in Israel
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
What links the recent Israeli government attacks against its Attorney General and the new Leadership Institute Israeli branch? Or Asher and I answer that in a new paper in @PoPpublicsphere on the ideological shift of Israel's Right- a 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Reposted by Ronen Mandelkern
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
#Diaspora–Local #Cooperation as a Driver of #Ideological #Change: The #Ascendance of #American #Conservatism in #Israel
By Or Asher & @mandelkern.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
#Diaspora–Local #Cooperation as a Driver of #Ideological #Change: The #Ascendance of #American #Conservatism in #Israel
By Or Asher & @mandelkern.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
#Diaspora–Local #Cooperation as a Driver of #Ideological #Change: The #Ascendance of #American #Conservatism in #Israel
By Or Asher & @mandelkern.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
#Diaspora–Local #Cooperation as a Driver of #Ideological #Change: The #Ascendance of #American #Conservatism in #Israel
By Or Asher & @mandelkern.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
Reposted by Ronen Mandelkern
Today, five Palestinians died in Gaza after being starved to death by Israel. via @nirhasson.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Today, five Palestinians died in Gaza after being starved to death by Israel. via @nirhasson.bsky.social
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1/5Happy to share this from @psjeditor.bsky.social, w Shir Gal (TAU). We study the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power. We find that *how* the state purchases (its acquisition regime) shapes corporations' instit' power
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library
What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
1/5Happy to share this from @psjeditor.bsky.social, w Shir Gal (TAU). We study the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power. We find that *how* the state purchases (its acquisition regime) shapes corporations' instit' power
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.
Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.
We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.
We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.
Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.
We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.
We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Excellent analysis of far right economic and financial policy by @ingarade.bsky.social 💯
www.postneoliberalism.org/articles/fin...
www.postneoliberalism.org/articles/fin...
Finance and the Far Right
Rademacher challenges the portrayal of far-right economic policies as erratic by systematically analysing their financial strategies across eight advanced economies. Drawing on a new database of far-r...
www.postneoliberalism.org
June 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Excellent analysis of far right economic and financial policy by @ingarade.bsky.social 💯
www.postneoliberalism.org/articles/fin...
www.postneoliberalism.org/articles/fin...
I have joined hundreds of other Israeli academics in calling on our academic system to take immediate action against the war in Gaza—for the sake of the lives that can still be saved and for our future here.
Full letter (English follows Hebrew & Arabic): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Full letter (English follows Hebrew & Arabic): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
May 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I have joined hundreds of other Israeli academics in calling on our academic system to take immediate action against the war in Gaza—for the sake of the lives that can still be saved and for our future here.
Full letter (English follows Hebrew & Arabic): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Full letter (English follows Hebrew & Arabic): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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This was the moment, just over a month ago, when the ADL could've put an end to Republicans doing Nazi salutes. They didn't. They chose instead to provide cover by calling it "an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm." Now the sieg heil salute has been normalized.
The ADL literally had ONE JOB.
The ADL literally had ONE JOB.
February 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This was the moment, just over a month ago, when the ADL could've put an end to Republicans doing Nazi salutes. They didn't. They chose instead to provide cover by calling it "an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm." Now the sieg heil salute has been normalized.
The ADL literally had ONE JOB.
The ADL literally had ONE JOB.
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New (open access) paper with @assafbondy.bsky.social in NPE explores a puzzling phenomenon: How do mainstream economists become key players in trade unions? We examine the case of Israel's Histadrut, where economists gained pivotal positions in collective bargaining. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
New (open access) paper with @assafbondy.bsky.social in NPE explores a puzzling phenomenon: How do mainstream economists become key players in trade unions? We examine the case of Israel's Histadrut, where economists gained pivotal positions in collective bargaining. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
An odd couple? When mainstream economists join forces with trade unions
The doubtful tendencies of neoclassical economics towards labour market intervention put it at odds with trade unions, whose raison d’etre is worker protection through de-linking compensation from ...
doi.org
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1/8
New (open access) paper with @assafbondy.bsky.social in NPE explores a puzzling phenomenon: How do mainstream economists become key players in trade unions? We examine the case of Israel's Histadrut, where economists gained pivotal positions in collective bargaining. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
New (open access) paper with @assafbondy.bsky.social in NPE explores a puzzling phenomenon: How do mainstream economists become key players in trade unions? We examine the case of Israel's Histadrut, where economists gained pivotal positions in collective bargaining. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
A new blogpost with Tami Oren on how short-term post-2008 interventions have evolved into long-term changes in macroeconomic policy. The post is based on our recently published article @ripejournal.bsky.social (open access) (link to article in first comment)
💥New! How Quantitative Easing went from temporary crisis-response to permanent policy change, by @mandelkern.bsky.social and Tami Oren.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
How Quantitative Easing went from temporary crisis-response to permanent policy change
Quantitative Easing was supposed to be a temporary tool used to stabilize the UK economy in the aftermath of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. The policy worked, but had several negative unintended…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A new blogpost with Tami Oren on how short-term post-2008 interventions have evolved into long-term changes in macroeconomic policy. The post is based on our recently published article @ripejournal.bsky.social (open access) (link to article in first comment)
Reposted by Ronen Mandelkern
💥New! How Quantitative Easing went from temporary crisis-response to permanent policy change, by @mandelkern.bsky.social and Tami Oren.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
How Quantitative Easing went from temporary crisis-response to permanent policy change
Quantitative Easing was supposed to be a temporary tool used to stabilize the UK economy in the aftermath of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. The policy worked, but had several negative unintended…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
💥New! How Quantitative Easing went from temporary crisis-response to permanent policy change, by @mandelkern.bsky.social and Tami Oren.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
I am planning a survey experiment regarding people's attitudes on macroeconomic policy; I want to include a battery of questions regarding macroeconomic literacy. Any recommendations for existing surveys/studies which already did that? Thanks!
January 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I am planning a survey experiment regarding people's attitudes on macroeconomic policy; I want to include a battery of questions regarding macroeconomic literacy. Any recommendations for existing surveys/studies which already did that? Thanks!
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finally, an FT piece that connects the crisis of liberal democracies to macrofinancial politics - though it misses the elephant in the room: the institutional status-quo put in place by neoliberalism
December 24, 2024 at 10:06 AM
finally, an FT piece that connects the crisis of liberal democracies to macrofinancial politics - though it misses the elephant in the room: the institutional status-quo put in place by neoliberalism
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My new article is out!! Capital controls critically shaped the evolution of export/finance-led economies. The Bundesbank used controls on innovative financial products until 1998 and hindered Frankfurt's development into a vibrant financial hub doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
December 16, 2024 at 11:25 AM
My new article is out!! Capital controls critically shaped the evolution of export/finance-led economies. The Bundesbank used controls on innovative financial products until 1998 and hindered Frankfurt's development into a vibrant financial hub doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
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אז מה זה בעצם אגף התקציבים באוצר? ואיך הוא הפך מגוף שתפקידו לשמור על קופת המדינה לגוף שקובע את המדיניות הכלכלית בישראל?
אירחתי בפודקאסט "נותנים עבודה" את @mandelkern.bsky.social מרצה באונ' ת"א ועמית מחקר בכיר בפורום ארלוזורוב על איך עובד אגף התקציבים ועל הדרך לאזן את כוחו מול משרדי הממשלה המקצועיים.
אירחתי בפודקאסט "נותנים עבודה" את @mandelkern.bsky.social מרצה באונ' ת"א ועמית מחקר בכיר בפורום ארלוזורוב על איך עובד אגף התקציבים ועל הדרך לאזן את כוחו מול משרדי הממשלה המקצועיים.
December 15, 2024 at 6:03 PM
אז מה זה בעצם אגף התקציבים באוצר? ואיך הוא הפך מגוף שתפקידו לשמור על קופת המדינה לגוף שקובע את המדיניות הכלכלית בישראל?
אירחתי בפודקאסט "נותנים עבודה" את @mandelkern.bsky.social מרצה באונ' ת"א ועמית מחקר בכיר בפורום ארלוזורוב על איך עובד אגף התקציבים ועל הדרך לאזן את כוחו מול משרדי הממשלה המקצועיים.
אירחתי בפודקאסט "נותנים עבודה" את @mandelkern.bsky.social מרצה באונ' ת"א ועמית מחקר בכיר בפורום ארלוזורוב על איך עובד אגף התקציבים ועל הדרך לאזן את כוחו מול משרדי הממשלה המקצועיים.
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Reminder:
The application deadline for our postdoctoral program is coming up next Friday!
We welcome applications from postdoctoral researchers in political economy, economic sociology and sociology of low-carbon transitions.
s.gwdg.de/2v6csN
The application deadline for our postdoctoral program is coming up next Friday!
We welcome applications from postdoctoral researchers in political economy, economic sociology and sociology of low-carbon transitions.
s.gwdg.de/2v6csN
December 6, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Reminder:
The application deadline for our postdoctoral program is coming up next Friday!
We welcome applications from postdoctoral researchers in political economy, economic sociology and sociology of low-carbon transitions.
s.gwdg.de/2v6csN
The application deadline for our postdoctoral program is coming up next Friday!
We welcome applications from postdoctoral researchers in political economy, economic sociology and sociology of low-carbon transitions.
s.gwdg.de/2v6csN
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November 18, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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A lot of fun to read, this from @bhgreeley.bsky.social (if you're not an economist).
www.ft.com/content/1e25...
www.ft.com/content/1e25...
October 21, 2024 at 7:12 AM
A lot of fun to read, this from @bhgreeley.bsky.social (if you're not an economist).
www.ft.com/content/1e25...
www.ft.com/content/1e25...