"As a Jew, I have long cared about the great experiment that is the state of Israel," writes economist Russ Roberts in his book Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions that Define Us.
Roberts moved from the U.S. to Jerusalem following an offer to become president of Shalem College in late 2020, leaving behind his job at Stanford's Hoover Institution, a decision he describes as one "only a fool" would make "on narrow utilitarian grounds." But for Roberts, this wasn't a simple utilitarian calculation. It was a wild problem.
