Ernie Ernst To Team Overview Senior Visual Designer With Avenir Suisse since February 2023 Phone: +41 44 445 90 64 Mail: Short Biography Ernie Ernst is in charge of visual communications at Avenir Suisse. Prior to that he worked for many years on a freelance basis for numerous PR, marketing, and advertising agencies as well as for his own customers throughout Switzerland. Detailed CV Download photo Print CV
Save the Second Pillar – from Politics Save the Second Pillar – from Politics The political establishment is attempting piecemeal reforms of Switzerland’s occupational pension system. Yet these efforts could do more harm than good. They risk reintroducing a redistribution mechanism that the system has finally managed to overcome. 26.08.2026, Diego Taboada
How Ideas Become Policy How Ideas Become Policy Diego Taboada explains in an interview how Avenir Suisse shapes public debate and advances reforms in Switzerland. 26.08.2026, Diego Taboada
The Academic Track Was Long Seen as the Gold Standard – Will AI Change That? The Academic Track Was Long Seen as the Gold Standard – Will AI Change That? For a long time, those seeking to prepare for technological change were advised to go to university. But artificial intelligence is disrupting cognitive work in particular – calling that old rule of thumb into question. 26.08.2026, Patricia Schafer
Driving Out Capital Won’t Create Housing Driving Out Capital Won’t Create Housing Preventing foreign investors from buying shares in Swiss real estate companies and property funds will not make housing more affordable. The proposal is likely to cause harm without delivering any discernible benefit. 21.07.2026, Marco Salvi
Keynes, AI and the Punch Clock: When Will the 15-Hour Workweek Arrive? Keynes, AI and the Punch Clock: When Will the 15-Hour Workweek Arrive? We work far fewer hours today than we did a century ago. Will artificial intelligence finally deliver what John Maynard Keynes once predicted? 20.07.2026, Jürg Müller
The Unintended Consequences of Premium Subsidies in Health Insurance The Unintended Consequences of Premium Subsidies in Health Insurance Individual premium subsidies are intended as a social policy tool for low-income households. Yet they also create incentives for beneficiaries to choose lower deductibles and, as a result, consume more medical services than may be necessary. 15.07.2026, Diego Taboada, Emilie Dousse
“Not Only Markets Fail – The State Can Fail Too” “Not Only Markets Fail – The State Can Fail Too” An interview with Jürg Müller on the strengths and limits of the market economy and the role of the state. 15.07.2026, Jürg Müller
The Old Electorate Analysis Half of Switzerland’s Active Referendum Voters Are Over 60 25.06.2026, Lukas Rühli
