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The economists' forum, an early critic of the government's judiciary overhaul, and which signed hundreds of prominent economic figures onto a letter warning of the potential consequences of the legislation, has slammed as "extremely worrying and disconnected from reality" the dismissive response of the prime minister and finance minister to the Moody's ratings agency's downgrade of Israel's credit outlook.  The forum urged the government to shelve what it called the failed overhaul plan, and "come back to reality." KAN's Naomi Segal heard more from Barry Topf, a former member of the Bank of Israel monetary policy committee, and a member of the economists, forum. (Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.