ACADEMIA

Eugene Kandel

Professor Emeritus

Eugene Kandel, an economist and former chair of Israel's National Economic Council, contributed in 2025 to high-level discussions about how Israel sustains economic strength during extended conflict. Throughout the year, Kandel analyzed the interaction between military mobilization, labor shortages, government spending, and Israel's innovation-driven growth model, with particular attention to the resilience of the tech sector under wartime conditions. His work helped inform conversations among policymakers, business leaders, and philanthropic donors concerned with Israel's medium- and long-term economic capacity, offering a sober, data-driven counterweight to alarmist or purely political narratives often coming from political opponents of Israel.