Huh?What is the connection between Hebrew and economics? Well, if we think about it a little, we'll understand that there is a connection. Our mother tongue expresses our way of thinking about things.In Hebrew, there is one word, "sheleg," for anything that falls from the sky and is not rain or hail. Eskimos have many words describing different types of snow.,Since it's closer to them and therefore means more to them (even more than to the residents of Jerusalem).In Hebrew, which was created by a nation of farmers, there are different words for different ways of removing fruit from the plant it grows on:Grapefruit picking, date harvesting, wheat harvest, olive picking, grape harvest, etc.I'm sure among the Eskimos there isn't such a richness of verbs for similar agricultural actions simply because they don't need them.How does all of this relate to the economy?I recently saw an eye-opening lecture on this topic.I highly recommend taking about ten minutes to watch Professor Keith Chen discuss the topic as part of TED Talks.The lecture is being translated.They say that understanding the problem is the first step to solving it. If we understand that we have built-in obstacles that hinder our abilityTo invest in our future, we can move them.