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The MOSAIC Model

The MOSAIC Model

2026 · Daniel Schreiber, Niv Shapira

A policy framework for redistributing AI-generated capital windfalls through a Negative Income Tax. The model proposes two low-friction funding channels: Dynamic VAT (indexed to AI deflation) and Ring-fencing (earmarking corporate tax and capital gains above pre-AI trends). Israeli calibration shows these can finance a poverty-ending floor of ~6,750 NIS/month per adult-equivalent, with the capital windfall potentially enabling a Universal High Income.

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AI as National Infrastructure

AI as National Infrastructure

2025 · Niv Shapira, Efrat Behar-Netanel, Gal Levant

AI infrastructure is the "arms race of the 21st century." Despite high global AI rankings, Israel ranks low in physical infrastructure, data, and governance layers. This paper proposes investing in sovereign data centers for sensitive needs, forging partnerships with the US, Abraham Accords nations, and Europe for infrastructure access, and supporting energy needs through regional storage and production facilities near data centers.

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