Hung Over After Birthday Celebrations? The Swiss three-pillar system has turned 50. Despite changes in society and the labor market it’s aged well, but it still needs rejuvenation. 29.09.2023, Jérôme Cosandey
Why Does Real Bracket Creep Not Get Compensated? Politicians and public administrators benefit from the leeway created by real bracket creep ‒ at the expense of the middle class 31.08.2023, Lukas Rühli
What Applies to Switzerland, Also Applies to Avenir Suisse Jürg Müller, Avenir Suisse’s new Director since August 1 31.08.2023, Jürg Müller
Why Are Banks Regulated in the First Place? Banks create liquidity, but this also makes them fragile. Over the years, a comprehensive regulatory framework has been developed to stabilize them. 25.07.2023, Laurenz Grabher, Lukas Schmid, Jürg Müller
Closing Supply Gaps in the Electricity Market Today’s electricity system offers little incentive to conserve. A combination of price incentives, individual supply levels, and automated load control could help. 25.07.2023, Patrick Dümmler
Reducing Barriers to Global Talent Parliament wants to facilitate the transition of foreign university graduates into the labor market. This decision is sensible. However, more challenging debates await. 21.06.2023, Patrick Leisibach
Why Keep It Simple When You Can Make Things Complicated? Climate protection law put to the test 30.05.2023, Patrick Dümmler
Equality Policy at an Impasse Commentary of the Week Companies could now be sanctioned if suspected of pay discrimination. Yet again, the Swiss National Council is serving a dubious narrative that harms the cause of equality 30.05.2023, Lukas Schmid, Patrick Leisibach
Taxes in the Age of Chatbots Digitization and automation are changing the economy. But that does not mean the tax system has to be reinvented. 24.04.2023, Lukas Schmid, Patrick Leisibach
Separating Commercial and Investment Banking Operations Does Not Make the Financial System Safer The division into “good” and “bad” banks provides a captious narrative, but it does not solve the fundamental problem 24.04.2023, Jürg Müller, Lukas Schmid, Laurenz Grabher
The Tale of the Evil Market and the Good Basic Supply Network Why a complete liberalization of the electricity market is necessary 30.03.2023, Patrick Dümmler
The End of the Liberal Order in Switzerland, the Land of Banks On the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS under emergency law 22.03.2023, Peter Grünenfelder, Jürg Müller
The Concentration of Critical Minerals The only thing securing Switzerland access to lithium and rare earths is openness. 27.02.2023, Simon Stocker
Success for Sugar, Hope for Salt Industry agreements support prevention more effectively than regulations 27.02.2023, Diego Taboada
Why Economists Don’t Much Like Subsidies Subsidies distort markets and create disincentives 26.01.2023, Samuel Rutz, Laurenz Grabher
Where to Go with the Mountains of Plastic? On the benefits of plastic and the contradictions of recycling 26.01.2023, Mario Bonato
Not Out of the Woods Yet Energy shortages threaten us in the coming winters as well 19.12.2022, Patrick Dümmler
Green Light for e-Fuels The EU has decided on a back door that will enable passenger cars to run on e-fuels after 2035. This is the right decision, because exponents who believe the case for technology openness is outmoded and that e-fuels are not fit for purpose are overlooking some important points. 29.11.2022, Lukas Rühli
A Coherent Integration of Women into the 2nd Pillar Solidarity is not only a question of gender, but also of generations 29.11.2022, Jérôme Cosandey
Future-Oriented Widowers’ and Widows’ Benefits What next after the ECtHR’s criticism of unequal AHV/AVS benefits for survivors? 31.10.2022, Jérôme Cosandey
Overcautious Cantons The cantons closed fiscal 2021 CHF 6.8 billion better than budgeted. This new record puts often-heard warnings of looming deficits into perspective. 31.10.2022, Lukas Rühli
Steering Healthcare Costs Without a Flight Plan? Commentary of the Week A set of measures to cushion the rise in healthcare costs on the basis of “medically and economically justifiable” cost targets is at risk of crashing 27.09.2022, Jérôme Cosandey, Diego Taboada
Outcome of OECD Tax Reform Uncertain Arguments for streamlined implementation without government policy experimentation 23.09.2022, Lukas Schmid, Eveline Hutter
