Archive: Equal opportunity society

Der österreichische Bundespräsident Alexander Van der Bellen (Bild: Avenir Suisse)

Expanding Successful Neighborhood Politics

Avenir Suisse hosted an inspiring discussion with the new Austrian president, Alexander Van der Bellen, at a break from his official state visit to Switzerland

27.02.2017, Verena Parzer-Epp

Migration or the Challenge of Explaining Counterfactual Evidence

Think Tank Summit Chief economist Patrik Schellenbauer on global migration

01.02.2017, Patrik Schellenbauer

Switzerland’s Global Innovation Spirit

Switzerland’s path to prosperity is increasingly under threat

03.01.2017, Peter Grünenfelder

“Baden-Württemberg Is just as Important to Us as China Is”

In Credit Suisse's recent publication "Worry Barometer," Simon Brunner interviewed…

20.12.2016, Simon Brunner interviews Peter Grünenfelder

New Online Publication: Avenir Suisse Freedom Index 2016

Avenir Suisse’s Freedom Index, which compares Switzerland’s cantons based on…

20.12.2016, Samuel Rutz, Tobias Schlegel

Bad News for the Swiss

Post Brexit scenarios for Switzerland

18.08.2016, Patrik Schellenbauer

Au revoir Early French

Foreign language teaching is getting the Swiss hot under the…

10.08.2016, Fabian Schnell

An Unconditional Basic Income Is Unconditionally Unrealistic

All manner of more effective alternatives

25.05.2016, Marco Salvi

Age of leaving working life in Switzerland

Working Life Does not End at 65

Fascinating results from the latest Swiss Labour Force Survey

27.04.2016, Jérôme Cosandey

World trade growth has slowed noticeably, prompting economists around the world to speculate about the reasons. (Picture Fotolia/Wylezich)

Sand in the Gears of World Trade

Dynamic international trade is being hampered in many ways

17.12.2015, Rudolf Walser

Gender Equality

Why the Labour Market Hasn’t Failed

18.11.2015, Marco Salvi with Monika Engler, Verena Parzer Epp, Patrik Schellenbauer and Claudia Wirz

Passive voting rights for active foreigners

Possibilities for political engagement at local level

08.09.2015, Tibère Adler, Hugo Moret, Nicole Pomezny and Tobias Schlegel

Free Choice of Schools Raises Educational Standards

The free choice of schooling has been more of a…

20.07.2015, Patrik Schellenbauer

Capital and Capital Taxes

Facts & Figures on Wealth in Switzerland

12.05.2015, Marco Salvi

No Over-Rigid Labour Market Rules for the Elderly

Elderly workers are losing their jobs less often than in…

20.04.2015, Jérôme Cosandey

Employment for the elderly in its infancy

Seniors as trump cards against skills shortages

27.01.2015, Jérôme Cosandey

Citizens’ state and state-minded citizens

The “militia” system between myth and modernity

13.01.2015, Andreas Müller, with contributions of Sarah Bütikofer, Hans Geser, Stefan Thomas Güntert, Martin Heller, Hanna Ketterer, Georg Kohler, Andreas Ladner, Patrik Schellenbauer and Theo Wehner