Rethinking International Trade and Migration after Brexit and Trump Focus of the month, Think Tank Summit Think-tankers from six countries analyzing the changing geopolitical framework 14.03.2017, Mariusz Lukasiewicz
Combining Efforts for Switzerland’s Higher Education System Switzerland could become an important global exporter of higher education. 28.02.2017, Patrik Schellenbauer
Switzerland’s Federalism Relies Upon Fiscal Competition, but the Financially Weakest Are not Left Alone Focus of the month Switzerland is the ultimate bottom-up Federal State 20.02.2017, Tibère Adler
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
The New Reality of Global Trade Analyzing the economic consequences of the US presidential elections: A Swiss perspective 14.12.2016, Peter Grünenfelder, Patrik Schellenbauer, Patrick Dümmler, Fabian Schnell, Marco Salvi
An Endurance Test for Budgetary Policy Part 1: Expand the debt brake, don’t restrain it 20.10.2016, Marco Salvi, Fabian Schnell
Billions in Public Money Wasted on Loss Making Power Stakes Low electricity prices have put pressure on generating companies. That’s problematic for Switzerland’s cantons and municipalities too: since 2010, the value of their stakes in the sector has dropped by about SFr 6.5bn. 13.09.2016, Natanael Rother, Patrick Dümmler
Commuters Must Learn What Mobility Costs Mobility Pricing will lead to less stress and lower costs for commuters 18.08.2016, Daniel Müller-Jentsch
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
An Unconditional Basic Income Is Unconditionally Unrealistic All manner of more effective alternatives 25.05.2016, Marco Salvi
For a Toll Tunnel at the Gotthard A toll is the most sensible way to finance this major project 22.03.2016, Daniel Müller-Jentsch
“We Should Produce Less, not More” A brown-bag-lunch about the gulf between claims and reality in Swiss agriculture 18.02.2016, Simone Hofer Frei
Where Does Switzerland Stand? A graphical calendar on the state of the nation 01.01.2016, Lukas Rühli
Avenir Suisse’s Freedom Index: It‘s Getting Tougher at the Top An innovative interactive tool to compare the civil and economic freedoms of Swiss cantons 18.12.2015, Samuel Rutz, Tobias Schlegel
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
Learning Switzerland It’s time for a more liberal view of history. Instead of celebrating Switzerland’s isolation, it is change that should be emphasised. 03.08.2015, Andreas Müller
Not without Our Children Laurence Kotlikoff explains why tax reform is necessary for the good of future generations 17.06.2015, Marco Salvi
We Must Stick To Our Principles Ordoliberalism – the social market economy – has served Switzerland and Germany well. So it’s almost grotesque to hear demands from other countries to break its rules. It’s not pragmatism we need, but sticking to our principles. 29.05.2015, Gerhard Schwarz
