Shutdown Nation: The Political Economy of Self-Destruction

Shir Hever

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2025, vol. 57, issue 2, 320-329

Abstract: This article examines that the shift in Israeli society and political economy from ethnic socialism to individualistic capitalism was accompanied by a shift from a strategic and collectivist liberal Zionism to a nonstrategic individualistic right-wing populism. It is a shift that made the State of Israel vulnerable to shock and crisis, and turned it “from a startup nation to a shutdown nation.†Unlike the crisis caused by the 1973 war, Israel lacks the tools to cope with the crisis of October 7 and embarks on a path of self-destruction. JEL Classification: N45, F54

Keywords: settler colonialism; right-wing populism; Middle East economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/04866134251320667

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