The Swiss three-pillar principle has been a model of success for fifty years. In order to meet the challenges of the future, the symbiosis between the labor market and retirement provision needs to be strengthened.
Since the Industrial Revolution, less-skilled jobs have been replaced by machines, while other sectors have been created. With artificial intelligence, white-collar jobs are also under threat. Here's how to prevent unemployment from exploding.
As the debate on the labeling of airfreighted foodstuffs gets underway in Berne, it's useful to dispel an all-too-familiar myth about the environmental impact of food imports.
The continent enjoyed free trade and decentralized institutions for centuries before the arrival of the colonizers. Today, Africa's revitalization is in the hands of its citizens.
Dans un ouvrage récent, «La vérité vous rendra libre», le financier français consacre un chapitre aux raisons qui, selon lui, sont à l’origine de la création d’une monnaie unique européenne.
Since the turn of the century, income inequality has been declining worldwide. However, they are increasing in China, India, Russia, the USA and within European countries - but not in Switzerland. Here we explain an unprecedented phenomenon that is set to continue.
In a fascinating investigative book, journalist Mathilde Farine takes a popular look at the reasons behind the Credit Suisse debacle in the spring.
It's been 50 years since NASA sent a vehicle to the Moon. In May, the space agency launched a call for candidates to build the rover that is to lunarize by 2028. Why wait half a century? Meet one of the favorite candidates.
Reasonable taxation, free enterprise... Switzerland is often perceived as a country with a small government footprint. A study published this spring by the think-tank Avenir Suisse shows that things are not quite so straightforward. Read the report.
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