Archive: System competition

Update Required for the Most Ingenious Disempowerment Tool in History

Ordoliberalism helped make Germany strong after the war and also influenced Switzerland. It is based on the ideal of perfect competition, which prevents companies from accumulating too much power. However, when it comes to modern forms of competition, we should move beyond ordoliberal ideas.

26.05.2025, Christoph Eisenring

Business Location Rankings: Many Podium Finishes for Switzerland – Except in Artificial Intelligence

For years, Switzerland has ranked among the most competitive countries in the world – with no signs of a decline.

28.02.2025, Patrick Leisibach, Agustina Rodriguez

Does Liberalism Still Have a Future?

Prosperity and progress are important for a free society. But without a sense of community that arises from individual will, liberalism has no foundation.

31.01.2025, Jürg Müller

Switzerland in International Rankings

The development of Switzerland’s competitiveness – and why interpreting rankings requires caution

29.04.2024, Patrick Leisibach, Lino Müller

Runnings and Rankings

Hannah’s Quicktakes on Switzerland in international comparison

29.04.2024, Hannah Wise

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

Switzerland Should Embrace Business, Not Suspect It

Focus of the month Big companies are crucial to the country’s prosperity

09.11.2020, Haig Simonian

Switzerland’s Francophone Powerhouse

The uniquely dynamic momentum of the Lake Geneva region

31.05.2019, Haig Simonian

The Uniquely Dynamic Momentum of the Lake Geneva Region

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08.05.2019, Jérôme Cosandey

Switzerland‘s Farmers’ Lobby on the Defensive

Swiss farmers have the most powerful and single biggest lobby in the federal parliament. This explains why they are able to protect their interests (e.g. through tough barriers on foreign food). But this agricultural protectionism can lead to big difficulties amid accelerating trade liberalisation and negotiations with ever stronger regional partnerships.

28.03.2018, Haig Simonian

Switzerland Must Prepare for the Next Challenges

Roger Partridge, Chairman of the New Zealand Initiative think tank, met with Avenir Suisse

30.06.2017, Jakob Schaad

Structural Change in the Swiss Mountain Region

Development strategies for new sources of economic value

07.02.2017, Daniel Müller-Jentsch

NFA 2 – Towards a Revitalisation of Swiss Federalism

The new study by Avenir Suisse calls for the implementation of "NFA 2" (Intercantonal Tax Allocation 2) to fundamentally revitalize the fiscal nature of Swiss federalism. The handling of fiscal transfers between the cantons is to be clarified, and a clearer separation of responsibilities between the federal government and the cantons must be promoted.

13.01.2017, Lukas Rühli, Natanael Rother

Au revoir Early French

Foreign language teaching is getting the Swiss hot under the collar again – particularly when it comes to which of the four national languages should be taught as a second tongue in primary schools. However the story ends, it would be undesirable to let the issue dilute cantonal responsibility for education, as that would handicap creative solutions from the start.

10.08.2016, Fabian Schnell