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Six new IASPS Koret Fellowships have been awarded this year. The six new Fellows will join veteran Fellows Limor Avyet, Roni Azoulay and — returning from a year as an IASPS Strategic Fellow on Capitol Hill — Ariel Marks. These nine Fellows will be assigned in October to provide economic policy research to members of Knesset interested in implementing policy reforms. They will also be trained in writing world-level policy studies by IASPS Associate Fellow Yossi Laster, who has himself authored two IASPS Policy Studies. Here, then, is the starting line-up:

Yonatan Malca, 32 years old, holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Bar Ilan University, where he is now completing his Master's degree. He hopes to eventually get a doctorate. Malca is a major in the Israeli air force. Malca was urged to apply for a Fellowship by current Fellows Udi Menirav and Limor Avyet. But Malca's ties to IASPS go back further than that — he is the son of Irit Malca, author of Policy Studies No. 6, ``Day Care Centers and Working Mothers,'' published in July 1990!
     Malca: “An individual's welfare increases as the amount of state interference in his life decreases.”

Galia Levy, 29, holds a Bachelor's degree in law from Haifa University, and is now completing her Master's degree in business at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Levy has worked in the Public Complaints Department of the State Comptroller's Office, and the Supreme Court Department of the State Attorney's Office.
     Levy: “The increasing number of employees in the public sector indicates increased centralization and state interference in markets. The opposite would mean a healthy private sector, an end to the `hidden unemployment' in the public sector and a more efficient economy.”

 Hadas Stauber, 25, holds a Bachelor's degree in physics from Hebrew University and is now completing her Master's degree in business. Stauber was most recently employed as the head of the accounting desk, reporting to the Chief Accountant, at the Ministry of Finance; before that, she taught high school mathematics.
     Stauber: “Israel is trying to be a western democracy, yet she carries a heritage of denying her citizens economic freedoms. A patronistic attitude lies behind legal proscriptions of capital market investments by pension funds. The State believes it should protect us, that neither we nor the market can be trusted.”

 Shlomo Zidky, 26, holds a Bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from Bar Ilan University. Zidky's grades in Price Theory, Econometrics and Philosophy were among the highest in his class. His military service included both intelligence work and instruction.
     Zidky: “The existence of monopolies, tariffs, price controls, high taxes and obstacles to economic entrepreneurship stand as a wall between us and economic rights. Economic rights mean economic freedom, and much work remains to be done if Israelis are to attain this freedom.”

Eran Mordechai, 23, holds a Bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from the Hebrew University in Rehovot. His military service included stints in both the Engineering and the Medical Corps. Mordecai was referred to the Fellowship Program by IASPS Senior Fellow Yakir Plessner. In his spare time, Mordecai teaches mathematics at a local college.
     Mordecai: “The meaning of a `wage gap' between income earners, is that high salaries will serve as an incentive to work, will benefit the economy as a whole by increasing growth, will therefore create more jobs and eventually will even increase taxes paid.”

Limor Roth, 25, holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from the College of Administration in Tel Aviv. She focused there on financing and on data systems. Roth was an infantry course instructor during her military service. She has been previously employed in the banking and business sectors.
     Roth: “The opening of Israel's international telephone market to competition led to increased efficiency, better service and lower prices. The same will happen if and when the local telephone market in Israel is opened to competition. The existence of unjustifiable monopolies must end.”