Short biography

Dr. Jürg Müller is the Director of Avenir Suisse. After studying international relations and economics at the University of St. Gallen and the University of Cambridge, he completed his PhD at the ETH Zurich. He then worked as an economics editor at the NZZ newspaper and in 2019 joined Avenir Suisse as Senior Fellow.
Under the collective pseudonym of Jonathan McMillan, Jürg Müller has published two books: “Capitalism and the Market Economy” and “The End of Banking”, translated into several languages. He has written several economic articles, is a columnist for the “NZZ am Sonntag” and a lecturer at the University of Zurich.

Education:

BA in international relations from the University of St. Gallen (2007); BA in economics from the University of St. Gallen (2008); MPhil in economics from the University of Cambridge (2009); Dr. sc. from ETH Zurich with a dissertation on banking stability and the macroeconomy (2014).

Professional Experience:

Economics editor at the NZZ newspaper (2014–19); research assistant at the Chair of Macroeconomics: Innovation and Policy at ETH Zurich under Professor Hans Gersbach (2010–14); board member and president of Telejob (2010–13); visiting associate at The Boston Consulting Group (2009); research assistant at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich (2008).

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