Take Israel as an economic model

COULD I be so bold as to suggest that Ireland could do worse than take a leaf out of Israel’s book in terms of economic policy?

Israel is one of the few countries weathering the recession with relative ease and this may have something to do with the fact that it seems to be far less susceptible to the sort of blockheaded myopia that has blighted our own country for far too long.

During the Celtic Tiger, the Irish had more money than sense whereas for most of Israel’s existence, the Israelis have had more sense than money.