Archive: Simone Hofer Frei

Simone Hofer has worked from 2013 to 2016 as external project partner for Avenir Suisse and was responsible for the “avenir special” brochure and supports to the online team. She studied economics and politics at the University of Bern, followed by specialist journalism training. After a year abroad in Ireland, she started her career in research and business consulting at UBS.

“We Should Produce Less, not More”

A brown-bag-lunch about the gulf between claims and reality in Swiss agriculture

18.02.2016, Simone Hofer Frei

Growth – why, how much and how

A new publication and graphical supplement on economic growth

19.01.2016, Gerhard Schwarz, Simone Hofer Frei, Samuel Rutz

A Savings Scheme for Old Age Care

avenir suisse in motion Video series «Avenir Suisse in motion»

23.10.2015, Jérôme Cosandey, Simone Hofer Frei

Mobility Pricing Can Make Travelling More Pleasant

New video series: “Avenir Suisse in Motion”

25.09.2015, Simone Hofer Frei

Staying competitive with the strong franc

An “avenir special” following the Swiss National Bank’s 15 January decision

25.06.2015, Gerhard Schwarz, Simone Hofer Frei, Peter Buomberger

Privacy and the Net

The new avenir spezial encloses a poster on big data

03.03.2015, Gerhard Schwarz, Simone Hofer Frei

Singapore – surviving by success

The aim of the new „avenir special“ on Singapore is to encourage people to take a bold approach to thinking about Switzerland.

19.08.2014, Gerhard Schwarz, Simone Hofer Frei, Samuel Rutz

Managed Immigration

Switzerland’s referendum vote to curb immigration has prompted questions about how a quota based system could be implemented. A new Avenir Suisse special publication examines and rates administrative and price-based options. The comparisons reveal an auction system would be the “least bad” alternative.

08.04.2014, Gerhard Schwarz, Urs Meister und Patrik Schellenbauer (Publishers)