David Zeff https://www.davidzeffblogs.com/ Essays on economics, public policy and the numbers underneath them. en © 2026 David Zeff dpzeff@gmail.com (David Zeff) dpzeff@gmail.com (David Zeff) Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:38:00 +0300 https://www.davidzeffblogs.com/assets/icon-512.png David Zeff https://www.davidzeffblogs.com/ Israel is a rich country that is too expensive to live in https://www.davidzeffblogs.com/posts/israel-cost-of-living.html https://www.davidzeffblogs.com/posts/israel-cost-of-living.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0300 David Zeff Economics By income per person Israel ranks 11th of the 38 OECD countries; adjust that income for what it actually buys here and we are 26th. Our prices run about 62% higher than output per person predicts, which makes Israel the biggest outlier in the OECD.