Government Spending: Uncovering Hidden Costs Summer Series on Federal Finances The Importance of Clear Responsibilities, Reducing Red Tape, and Addressing Competitive Distortions 26.08.2024, Jürg Müller, Christoph Eisenring
What Applies to Switzerland, Also Applies to Avenir Suisse Jürg Müller, Avenir Suisse’s new Director since August 1 31.08.2023, Jürg Müller
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
Overcautious Cantons The cantons closed fiscal 2021 CHF 6.8 billion better than budgeted. This new record puts often-heard warnings of looming deficits into perspective. 31.10.2022, Lukas Rühli
How Effective Are Sanctions against Russia? The greatest impact comes when allies are coordinated and sanctions are implemented multilaterally 31.05.2022, Jan Averkin, Patrick Dümmler
Freshening up Swiss Democracy Opposing governmental paternalism towards the Swiss electorate 30.09.2021, Peter Grünenfelder
Digital Advances for a Crisis-proof Democracy Corona is an opportunity for the consistent and transparent digitization of democratic procedures 29.03.2021, Lukas Schmid
The Vote as an Expression of Freedom Fifty years of women’s suffrage in Switzerland - a review 07.02.2021, Verena Parzer-Epp
Irresponsible? The Role and Perception of Swiss Entrepreneurship in Times of Upheaval 02.11.2020, Marco Salvi, Peter Grünenfelder, Lukas Rühli, Patrick Dümmler, Samuel Rutz, Valérie Müller, Céline Neuenschwander, Matthias Ammann
Steering Clear of the Tricksters More than enough questionable ideas to fight the corona pandemic 27.03.2020, Peter Grünenfelder
A Move Against E-ID and Innovation Delaying the political process comes at the expense of new opportunities 30.10.2019, Matthias Ammann, Fabian Schnell
Democratically Digital Innovation and direct democracy are two core Swiss attributes. Sadly, they don’t mix. 31.07.2019, Haig Simonian
Digital Direct Democracy Reinforcing Swiss citizens' rights 30.07.2019, Matthias Ammann, Fabian Schnell
Direct Democracy Requires Continuous Improvement E-voting as a response to contemporary challenges 28.05.2019, Fabian Schnell, Matthias Ammann
The Uniquely Dynamic Momentum of the Lake Geneva Region avenir spécial New avenir special 08.05.2019, Jérôme Cosandey
It Must Work Second Time Round An E-ID for Switzerland: basic infrastructure of a digital society 27.03.2019, Fabian Schnell, Matthias Ammann
What is Liberal Urban Politics Like? Avenir Suisse’s autumn summit tackled the numerous challenges facing cities in future 10.11.2018, Verena Parzer-Epp
Six Scenarios for Switzerland’s Future Where does the future lie for a small, export dependent country in an era of ever bigger blocs? 31.05.2018, Haig Simonian
Switzerland White Paper Six sketches for the future 30.05.2018, Peter Grünenfelder, Patrik Schellenbauer, Patrick Dümmler, Jennifer Anthamatten, Verena Parzer-Epp, Marco Salvi, Jakob Schaad, Fabian Schnell, Urs Steiner
What Digitization and New Technology Mean for Democracy Think Tank Summit Studies show there are both risks and benefits involved 27.02.2018, Haig Simonian