Daniel Daeniker

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The Think Tank for Switzerland

Essential on the vision of Avenir Suisse

29.01.2025, Avenir Suisse

Avenir Suisse Bloopers

Things Do Not Always Go Smoothly

29.12.2023, Avenir Suisse

Happy Holidays 2023

Festive greetings from the Avenir Suisse team

22.12.2023, Avenir Suisse

Switzerland, a land of migration: four external perspectives

Video During our autumn conference, we discussed the importance of immigration for innovation, Switzerland’s superpower.

23.11.2023, Avenir Suisse

Avenir Suisse Essentials

Essential Insights of our studies distilled in a new series of publications

18.10.2023, Avenir Suisse

Daycare Subsidies: Expensive but Ineffective?

The idea behind flat-rate childcare allowances is to help mothers join the workforce — but their impact is minor, especially when distributed indiscriminately.

30.06.2025, Patricia Schafer

What Kind of Industrial Renaissance Do We Want?

What Kind of Industrial Renaissance Do We Want?

Since the 1960s, the importance of industry has been on the decline. However, this structural shift is a sign, not of decline — but of progress.

27.06.2025, Lukas Schmid, Philippe Güttinger

Defence Spending: Switzerland Is in Better Shape than It Seems

Defence Spending: Switzerland Is in Better Shape than It Seems

NATO member states may soon agree on a massive increase in defence spending. Switzerland should follow suit – and it’s starting from a stronger position than official figures suggest.

27.06.2025, Michele Salvi, Simon Stocker, Philippe Güttinger

“Raising Retirement Age Is Part of the Solution.”

Interview Jérôme Cosandey praises the resilience of the Swiss pension system in an interview with Finanz und Wirtschaft. However, when it comes to the OASI, the bill has yet to be paid.

27.05.2025, Jérôme Cosandey

What Drives Innovation: 7 Questions on Immigration, Research, and Economic Policy

As Switzerland debates how to manage immigration and considers budget cuts in education and research, the U.S. is facing political pressure on its own research landscape. What this means for Switzerland.

27.05.2025, Patrick Leisibach

Update Required for the Most Ingenious Disempowerment Tool in History

Ordoliberalism helped make Germany strong after the war and also influenced Switzerland. It is based on the ideal of perfect competition, which prevents companies from accumulating too much power. However, when it comes to modern forms of competition, we should move beyond ordoliberal ideas.

26.05.2025, Christoph Eisenring

Imagine Culture Without a Crowd

Although funding has more than doubled since the 1990s, many cultural institutions are still struggling to attract visitors. A more audience oriented cultural policy could help counteract this.

26.05.2025, Jürg Müller