Abramitzky, Ran - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 25 (2011) 1, pp. 185-208
The first kibbutz was established southwest of the Sea of Galilee in 1910, but the vast majority of kibbutzim were established in the 1930s and 1940s, shortly before the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Founders aimed to create a "new human being" who cared about the group more than...