Israel’s government signals it no longer values academic merit - opinion
Relative to its size, Israel ranks among the leading countries in Nobel achievements, and its position improved this year, when Joel Mokyr, an Israeli-American, was one of three economics laureates.
ISRAELI-AMERICAN Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern University who is one of three Nobel economics laureates this year, speaks at a news conference on campus in Evanston, Illinois.(photo credit: JIM VONDRUSKA/REUTERS)ByTOVA HERZL