Committee for Socioeconomic Change chair Professor Manuel Trajtenberg outlined a number of recommendations to the Finance Committee on Tuesday he said would help improve the economic situation of ordinary Israeli citizens, including imposing restrictions of monopolies and revamping the public sector.
Trajtenberg criticized what he called " the growing powers of monopolies," which he said "leads to higher prices and lower availability for Israeli citizens."
Trajtenberg criticized the functioning of the public sector, saying there is "over concentration and too many offices," adding that government allocated funds often stop short of helping the consumer and get caught up in "filter of the public sector’s care."
Trajtenberg stressed that the growing inequality seen by normal families as a "thin class of people get richer" has lead to a growing sense of injustice.
He also warned that citizens increasingly feel that state services "are not serving the citizen or listening to citizens," leading to feelings of "alienation."
Trajtenberg called for a "list of principles" to guide the Knesset in the coming years, starting with increased transparency.
The Finance Committee convened on Tuesday to discuss the Trajtenberg report, after the government was forced to delay a cabinet vote on the findings.