Why Are Banks Regulated in the First Place? Banks create liquidity, but this also makes them fragile. Over the years, a comprehensive regulatory framework has been developed to stabilize them. 25.07.2023, Laurenz Grabher, Lukas Schmid, Jürg Müller
Separating Commercial and Investment Banking Operations Does Not Make the Financial System Safer The division into “good” and “bad” banks provides a captious narrative, but it does not solve the fundamental problem 24.04.2023, Jürg Müller, Lukas Schmid, Laurenz Grabher
The End of the Liberal Order in Switzerland, the Land of Banks On the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS under emergency law 22.03.2023, Peter Grünenfelder, Jürg Müller
A Needless “Basic Provision” in Swiss Payments Systems PostFinance needs political independence and entrepreneurial flexibility 31.10.2019, Samuel Rutz
Libra, the global financial system, and Switzerland An overview of Facebook & Co's currency project 22.08.2019, Jürg Müller, Pascal Lago
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
Joy Today ‒ Tears Tomorrow? Are initial coin offerings a revolutionary new form of financing for start-ups or an opaque bubble? 24.05.2018, Jakob Schaad
The Swiss Financial Centre in an Increasingly Protectionist World The «splendid isolation» is over for the Swiss financial centre 20.10.2017, Jakob Schaad
Lenin Would Have Laughed The major risks in the monetary and financial system and the sovereign money initiative (2) 15.05.2016, Rudolf Walser
Empty Hopes for Full Reserve Banking Why measured steps are a better way of reforming the financial system than bold leaps 25.03.2014, Rudolf Walser and Jörg Baumberger
