Switzerland

Seven underestimated facts about old age

By Max Frei · 05 January 2025

Seniors are a diverse group whose average characteristics are often misunderstood. Describing this category of the population more accurately is all the more urgent given that it now spans almost four decades.

Switzerland

2024, a mess for Swiss health and pension policy

By Darius Farman · December 23, 2024

Demographic realities have been largely absent from the political debates on pensions and healthcare costs over the past year. It's time to renew our welfare state on the basis of a coherent, long-term vision.

World

The Chinese world empire: a thwarted ambition?

By Clément Guntern · September 27, 2021

LONG-FORM ANALYSIS, Clément Guntern | Despite its image as a rising power and its grand ambitions, China’s plan to build a global empire is likely to face numerous obstacles. Corruption, an aging population, slowing growth... Here are the reasons why the road ahead is far from clear for Beijing.