At a meeting of European think tanks several years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu described a training exercise for new soldiers in the Israeli Defense Force. Recruits would have to run across a field carrying their partner on their back – and then switch positions, so that the original runner would be carried on the way back. How do you think the two times compared when the partner on top was overweight?

Netanyahu explained that the exercise was a metaphor for the economy: the government was the partner on top, and the...











Economic Relay Race
I hvae never heard that story. Very wise and a great analogy, you are becoming one of my favorite writers here. All substance, no fluff. Please keep up the good work.