It is a commonplace that Jews are for the most part to be found on the left side of the political economic spectrum. According to the old saw, “Jews have income of Episcopalians, but vote like Puerto Ricans”. This group of people, comprising only some 2 per cent of the US population, and far...

An academic method, derived from Jewish doctrine, is proposed as an alternative to government‐imposed economic principles. A logical code of behaviour could be substituted for the current scenario, financial and economic, bedevilled as it is by government intrusion. This ideal and its...

Presents evidence from the literature that Jews are generally to be found on the left side of the political economic spectrum. Various thories have been put foward to explain this phenomenon: historical accident, reaction to stereotypes, intellectualism, and the Mishnah. Concludes that Jews,...