Two new books that might be worth reading

The Economist this week recommends two new books on government policies to promote entrepreneurship:

• “Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About it”, by Josh Lerner, and
• “Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle”, by Dan Senor and Saul Singer.

Israel has succeeded where other nations have failed in getting lots of (high tech) startups created and in operation. Of course, Israel has had the advantage of open European and American markets and huge amounts of foreign assistance, plus the immigration of lots of smart, enterpreneurial people. Still, it has also managed to develop policies that didn't get in the way.