The Ever-Expanding Public Administration Essential on Bureaucracy 12.05.2026, Michele Salvi, Philippe Güttinger, Lukas Schmid
A Cap on Salary Contributions for Switzerland Bringing Constitutional Protection for Workers in Line With That for Taxpayers 11.03.2026, Michele Salvi, Oguz Bayindir
What a Higher Value-Added Tax Would Really Cost The Swiss government wants to finance the military through higher consumption taxes. The price would show up not only at the checkout counter, but on workers’ paychecks as well. 23.02.2026, Michele Salvi, Jan Marty
Costly Agricultural Policy Essential on Agricultural Policy 18.12.2025, Michele Salvi, Philippe Güttinger
Trump Divides America Whilst Switzerland Divides Its Economy into “Good” and “Evil” The new U.S. tariffs have increased pressure on Swiss companies, leading people to look for scapegoats, which is the worst possible reaction to geopolitical shocks. 30.10.2025, Jürg Müller, Michele Salvi
Inheritance in Switzerland: What Really Remains of Your Wealth Bequests to direct descendants are often tax-free. But the assets being passed down have already been taxed multiple times over the years. A simple example shows how these tax burdens accumulate over decades. 28.10.2025, Michele Salvi, Philippe Güttinger
Service at Its Finest: The Underrated Trade in Services One million jobs in Switzerland depend on trade in services. For Switzerland’s competitiveness, it is becoming ever more important. 30.09.2025, Simon Stocker, Michele Salvi
Saving? Hardly. The federal government faces lasting deficits. But the proposals to address them are underwhelming. 29.09.2025, Michele Salvi
The High Price of Sustainable Bureaucracy Essential on Bureaucracy 04.09.2025, Michele Salvi, Philippe Güttinger
Tariffs, Power, and Walls: What Trump Is Doing to Switzerland—and What Switzerland Should Do Itself For the National Day, Switzerland received an unfriendly greeting from Washington: certain exports are to be subject to punitive tariffs of up to 39%—difficult to justify economically, but politically all the more explosive. 27.08.2025, Michele Salvi
Solutions to the Tariff Dispute Analysis How Switzerland Can Strengthen Its Competitiveness Over the Next 12 Months 27.08.2025, Jürg Müller, Patrick Leisibach, Michele Salvi, Patricia Schafer, Lukas Schmid, Diego Taboada
Sustainably More Bureaucratic Analysis What the sustainability reporting requirements will cost Swiss companies 18.08.2025, Michele Salvi, Philippe Güttinger
Resetting the Balance Between Social and Military Security Switzerland invested its peace dividend in social welfare. The geopolitical turning point now calls for a rethink of fiscal policy priorities. 21.07.2025, Michele Salvi, Philippe Güttinger, Simon Stocker
Defence Spending: Switzerland Is in Better Shape than It Seems NATO member states may soon agree on a massive increase in defence spending. Switzerland should follow suit – and it’s starting from a stronger position than official figures suggest. 27.06.2025, Michele Salvi, Simon Stocker, Philippe Güttinger
Switzerland in the Global Trade Conflict Essential on Foreign Trade 30.04.2025, Simon Stocker, Michele Salvi
