Where Is the Most ‘Free’ Canton in Switzerland? Hannah’s Quicktakes on the Freedom Index 19.12.2024, Hannah Wise
Avenir Suisse Freedom Index 2024 Aargau regains victory in our ranking of the economic and social freedoms of the cantons. The entire data set is publicly available and allows you to build your own index. 11.12.2024, Lukas Rühli, Eveline Hutter, Jan Marty
How Your Civil Liberties Depend on Where You Live! Hannah’s Quicktakes on the state of freedoms in the Swiss cantons 23.12.2022, Hannah Wise
A Somewhat Different Kind of Freedom Analysis Avenir Suisse Freedom Index 2022: Special Focus on Central Switzerland 14.12.2022, Samuel Rutz, Mario Bonato
To Be Free, as Our Fathers Were Analysis Appenzell-Ausserrhoden ranks top, followed by the Principality of Liechtenstein and Aargau 14.12.2022, Samuel Rutz, Mario Bonato
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
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
The Lion in “Sleep Mode” Analysis Focused analysis on freedom in the canton of Zurich 22.12.2021, Mario Bonato, Samuel Rutz
The Pandemic as a Federal Learning Curve Analysis An Interim Assessment of the Cantons’ Handling of the Covid-19 Crisis 15.12.2021, Lukas Schmid, Céline Neuenschwander, Nina Kalbermatter
How the Private Sector Could Help to Fight the Next Pandemic Focus of the month Experience with Covid-19 has made us somewhat the wiser 29.04.2021, Haig Simonian
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 Data-Driven Approach to Improving Refugee Integration Think Tank Summit 2021 Dominik Hangartner, Immigration Policy Lab, ETH Zurich 28.02.2021, Avenir Suisse
Democracy and Federalism Derailed by the Coronavirus? Analysis Eight recommendations for strengthening crisis management in the Confederation and cantons 05.02.2021, Lukas Schmid, Pascal Lago
Federalism and Collegiality Put to the Test Focus of the month The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed strains in Switzerland’s vaunted political system 23.12.2020, Haig Simonian
Avenir Suisse Freedom Index 2020 New Member and Surprise Result: Liechtenstein a Nose Ahead 14.12.2020, Samuel Rutz, Mario Bonato
What if… 13 possible developments and their consequences for Switzerland 31.10.2019, Peter Grünenfelder and Jürg Müller (Editors)
