Article: Marking the 'free market' this May Day

ROY WAGNER
Jerusalem Post
05-01-2007
Headline: Marking the 'free market' this May Day
Byline: ROY WAGNER
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 15

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 -- To celebrate May Day in today's Israel feels almost like a parody. What could be less relevant to today's economic reality than international socialism? Free market, small government and a flexible labor force are the order of the day.

But how free is our free market? Suppose you are a perfectly legally employed migrant caregiver, who paid something like $6,000 (illegally charged, of course) for the right to work in Israel. And suppose you get pregnant and want to keep your baby. And suppose even that your employers like you so ...

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