Obscene Profits? 10 reasons why a special tax on war or crisis profits could prove to be a Pandora's box 30.08.2022, Patrick Leisibach
Global GDP: Overestimated by 25 Percent Enormous deviations in the comparison of actual and forecast GDP growth fundamentally call into question the value of longer-term impact analyses 30.08.2022, Lukas Rühli
Electrify, Don’t Fritter Reforming electricity policy could reduce the risk of shortages 27.07.2022, Mario Bonato, Patrick Dümmler
Let’s Not Thwart Flexible Work Arrangements When it comes to platform work it’s best to seize opportunities rather than fight change 28.06.2022, Patrick Leisibach
Staff Wanted! Commentary of the Week The time has come to think about alternatives to the bureaucratic quota system for third-country workers 28.06.2022, Patrick Leisibach, Marco Salvi
Getting Closer to NATO Does not Mean Giving up Neutrality Defense cooperation and transnational collaboration are great opportunities for Switzerland 31.05.2022, Lukas Rühli
How Effective Are Sanctions against Russia? The greatest impact comes when allies are coordinated and sanctions are implemented multilaterally 31.05.2022, Jan Averkin, Patrick Dümmler
Do We Really Want to Work Less? Distributing working hours over our lifetime could be an interesting alternative to the four-day week 26.04.2022, Marco Salvi
A Slow Slide in Science Switzerland's downgrade in Horizon Europe is an overlooked side effect of fraying relations with the EU, and has real economic fallout. 08.03.2022, Katharina Bart
Never-Ending Story Granting hardship assistance until mid-2022 makes no sense in terms of either financial or economic policy 08.03.2022, Peter Grünenfelder
When Politicians Pull the Plug Homemade Problems Are Jeopardizing the Supply of Electricity 08.03.2022, Patrick Dümmler
When Nudge Turns to Shove Focus of the month Governments should hold back when it comes to taxes promoting healthy eating 01.02.2022, Haig Simonian
Global Meets Cantonal Higher corporate taxes require competitive measures 31.01.2022, Peter Grünenfelder
Cutting Consumption Does Little to Combat Climate Change Curbs on fossil fuels need to focus on the supply side 31.01.2022, Lukas Rühli
A Chance to Learn Analysis Differing cantonal reactions to COVID-19 are an opportunity to improve responses to future health crises 23.12.2021, Haig Simonian
Finding the Right Balance for Public Services Focus of the month Switzerland’s tradition of “service public” sits oddly with commercial priorities 30.11.2021, Haig Simonian
Vacancies Are Increasingly Difficult to Fill Matching job offers to job seekers became harder during the pandemic 30.11.2021, Valérie Müller
A Golden Age for Climate Policy? Trusting market forces is the only way to go 30.11.2021, Patrick Dümmler
Covid-19’s Consequences for the Swiss Labor Market While Switzerland has had a relatively ‘mild’ crisis, state intervention has gone too far 29.10.2021, Haig Simonian
Open the Digital Frontiers The Digital Single Market creates new opportunities for Europe’s digital economy – but what about Switzerland? 26.10.2021, Corina Gall, Céline Neuenschwander
The Almighty State Why we need to raise liberal barriers to the spread of greater intervention 15.10.2021, Peter Grünenfelder
Not Such a Haven Focus of the month Contrary to received opinion, taxes on capital in Switzerland bite hard 30.09.2021, Haig Simonian
Freshening up Swiss Democracy Opposing governmental paternalism towards the Swiss electorate 30.09.2021, Peter Grünenfelder
