Archive: Public service

Public Services in Need of Reform

Essential on the changing needs of society

28.02.2024, Samuel Rutz

Huge Profits for State Electricity Suppliers

Households in the basic supply face record prices while owners that are mainly public earn a fortune. Complete market liberalization is necessary, as is a reform of ownership structures.

26.01.2024, Patrick Dümmler, Simon Stocker

Why Economists Don’t Much Like Subsidies

Subsidies distort markets and create disincentives

26.01.2023, Samuel Rutz, Laurenz Grabher

Keep Pace with Media Change

Hannah’s Quicktakes into the swiss media policy

31.10.2022, Hannah Wise

Media Policy for the Digital Age

How the Media Order in Switzerland Can Be Brought into the 21st Century

24.10.2022, Jürg Müller, Basil Ammann, Laurenz Grabher

Brakes on Subsidies?

Hannah’s Quicktakes into Avenir Suisse's latest work

31.03.2022, Hannah Wise

Switzerland, the Land of Subsidies

Does Switzerland need to apply the brakes on subsidies?

17.03.2022, Samuel Rutz

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

Central Valleys

The Backbone of Development in Switzerland’s Mountain Regions

09.07.2020, Daniel Müller-Jentsch

Dinosaurs Like Triemli Hospital Will Die Out

Commentary of the Week Why the million-dollar write-off at one of Zurich's biggest hospitals is the result of misguided policies

26.02.2020, Jérôme Cosandey

A Needless “Basic Provision” in Swiss Payments Systems

PostFinance needs political independence and entrepreneurial flexibility

31.10.2019, Samuel Rutz

What if…

13 possible developments and their consequences for Switzerland

31.10.2019, Peter Grünenfelder and Jürg Müller (Editors)

The Uniquely Dynamic Momentum of the Lake Geneva Region

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08.05.2019, Jérôme Cosandey

The Electronic Clerk Should Charge Less

How true-cost-pricing could foster e-government in Switzerland

29.04.2019, Fabian Schnell, Matthias Ammann

Rethinking Public Services in a Digital Age

Big changes are needed to adapt supply to deregulation, tighter budgets and fickle demand

31.03.2019, Haig Simonian

Universal Postal Services in the Digital Age

Rethinking Public Services

21.03.2019, Samuel Rutz

Hydropower is Doing Quite Well

Further subsidies to the detriment of private households and small businesses are to be expected

13.11.2018, Simon Dalhäuser in conversation with Patrick Dümmler

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Energy Policy: Monopolies Harm Consumers

The dual role of the state as a regulator and seller in the energy market comes with the added expense for small consumers.

06.03.2017, Samuel Rutz, Patrick Dümmler

Privatization & Liberalization: The Debate Is Open! (2/2)

Energy and trade : the locks need to be opened

14.02.2017, Tibère Adler

Privatization & Liberalization: The Debate Is Open! (1/2)

We need new tools to revitalize the Swiss economy

13.02.2017, Tibère Adler

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