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Introduction : The kibbutz puzzle
Part I. The rise. How my grandparents helped create a kibbutz
A bird's-eye view
Why an economist might create a kibbutz
Part II. The survival. On the creation versus survival of societies
The free-rider problem
The adverse selection and brain drain problems
The problem of human capital investment
Part III. The fall. The shift away from equal sharing
Why some kibbutzim remained egalitarian and others did not
The consequences of rising income inequality
On the (lack of) stability of communes : an economic perspective
Economic lessons in a nutshell
Epilogue
Kibbutz timeline.
Part I. The rise. How my grandparents helped create a kibbutz
A bird's-eye view
Why an economist might create a kibbutz
Part II. The survival. On the creation versus survival of societies
The free-rider problem
The adverse selection and brain drain problems
The problem of human capital investment
Part III. The fall. The shift away from equal sharing
Why some kibbutzim remained egalitarian and others did not
The consequences of rising income inequality
On the (lack of) stability of communes : an economic perspective
Economic lessons in a nutshell
Epilogue
Kibbutz timeline.