Why Economists Don’t Much Like Subsidies Subsidies distort markets and create disincentives 26.01.2023, Samuel Rutz, Laurenz Grabher
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
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
Global Meets Cantonal Higher corporate taxes require competitive measures 31.01.2022, Peter Grünenfelder
The Almighty State Why we need to raise liberal barriers to the spread of greater intervention 15.10.2021, Peter Grünenfelder
Trade-offs in Pandemic Response The unanswered questions about the lockdown 01.03.2021, Peter Grünenfelder, Lukas Rühli, Samuel Rutz, Jérôme Cosandey, Marco Salvi
A Troubling New Way of Business For Switzerland Focus of the month The corona crisis reminds us of the value of free markets 28.01.2021, Haig Simonian
Let Free Enterprise Rule Targeted easing for sectors affected by Covid-19, not billions more in aid 21.12.2020, Peter Grünenfelder
Long Covid in Fiscal Policy? Analysis How the after-effects of the special edition of coronavirus can be avoided 04.12.2020, Lukas Rühli
Switzerland’s Higher Borrowing Is No Cause for Alarm – Yet Public sector indebtedness and the “debt brake” in the foreground 28.09.2020, Haig Simonian
The Tender Poison of Statism The economic policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic lead to regulatory blunders. 29.06.2020, Peter Grünenfelder
Say No to Bailouts The costly illusion of comprehensive insurance for the economy 30.04.2020, Jürg Müller, Fabian Schnell, Marco Salvi, Peter Grünenfelder
Switzerland’s Challenged Export Champion Is it time for Switzerland’s federal government to cut income taxes? 27.02.2020, Haig Simonian
What if… 13 possible developments and their consequences for Switzerland 31.10.2019, Peter Grünenfelder and Jürg Müller (Editors)
Season’s Greetings A short Christmas video, which also shows our current areas of interest 20.12.2018, Avenir Suisse
Fair Prices for Swiss Food A 10 point strategy for Switzerland's consumers, taxpayers and agricultural entrepreneurs 25.09.2018, Haig Simonian
Subsidizing Consumer Protection Groups Is Out Of Date A missed opportunity to rethink the role of state consumer protection in times of digitization 06.03.2018, Samuel Rutz
Positive Culture of Austerity: Switzerland’s ’Debt Brake’ Focus of the month Since the early 2000’s, Switzerland’s fiscal institutions have been successful… 26.04.2017, Mariusz Lukasiewicz, Tibère Adler
Liberal Shadow Budget An endurance test for budgetary policy - Part 2 30.03.2017, Fabian Schnell et al.
Combining Efforts for Switzerland’s Higher Education System Switzerland could become an important global exporter of higher education. 28.02.2017, Patrik Schellenbauer
