The Israeli Way of Doing Business - Interview with Oxford Professor Derek J. Penslar

KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON ARCHIVES: Does ethnicity influence economics? Knowledge at Wharton investigates this issue with Derek Penslar, professor of Israel Studies at Oxford University and also professor of Jewish History at the University of Toronto. He has written a book about the history of the Jewish people and the group’s strong association with commerce, Shylock’s Children: Economics and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe. Penslar argues that there is no monolithic “Jewish economy.” Rather, certain forms of economic behavior persisted throughout the Jewish world that tended to repeat themselves in many situations, enhanced by a sense of unity among Jews from different regions.

More on this interview: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/israeli-way-business/

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