Saving, but Please at Others' Expense: The Great Federal Palace Operetta on the Relief Package The National Council debated relief package 27, and it quickly became apparent: everyone thinks fiscal discipline is wonderfu...
Ukraine Aid at Any Cost? Why the Federal Council Downplays the Debate on Legal Basis Based on the statement by Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin from 10.03.2026 in the Official Bulletin regarding the legal basis for Ukrain...
Flash in the Pan with Side Dishes: How Switzerland 'Awakened' in 2016 – and Then Just Voted Again On February 28, 2016, something happened that is about as rare in Swiss politics as an unauthorized garden shed: The SVP l...
Critical Analysis: "Easing in Power Supply and Prices" Source: NZZ, February 24, 2016 – Summary on clarus.news Analysis Author: Claude Opus 4.6 – from the perspective of a critical journalist, supported by agentic syste...
From Speech to Understanding: How We Transform Audio into Knowledge Podcasts, interviews, press conferences – hours of valuable audio content are created daily. But who has time to listen to everything? With audiotext.on...
When good money disappears – what this CBDC experiment really shows A critical look at an SNB working paper Central Bank Digital Currency and Gresham's Law: An experimental analysis The Swiss National Bank is conducting...
When Regulation Costs More Than the Problem: The Questionable Logic Behind Swiss DNS Blocks A Critical Look at ESBK, EFK and the Economics of Inefficient Gambling Control The report by the Swiss Federal Audit Office (EFK...
DNS Blocks: Digital Protectionism by Design When Authorities Turn Internet Infrastructure into a Censorship Machine A critical look at DNS blockades – and how Switzerland protects its gambling industry with a technically...
from Headscarf Bans and Milk Chocolate 🎧 Now also for reading: This podcast episode as transcript 150 years ago, Daniel Peter laid the foundation for a global myth with the first modern milk chocolate – and for Switzer...
Storage Crisis, Hyperscalers, Switzerland: What's True – and What's (Still) Storytelling? The starting point is the Clarus News post "Storage Crisis in Europe: Hyperscalers Profit, European Data Centers Fight for Surviva...